Burger King

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 19, 2026 →
• address6261-6265 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Burger King clean?

Burger King is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 19, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Burger King?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected

When was Burger King last inspected?

Burger King has 16 inspections on record going back to February 27, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Burger King vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 76% clean across 368 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 74 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 368 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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