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Burger King
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 22, 2024
- address6400 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60634
Is Burger King clean?
Burger King is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 22, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Burger King?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED INTERIOR GUARD OF ICE MACHINE WITH SOME DIRT, NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED MULITPLE EMPLOYEES HANDSLING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ENSURE ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINS TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF FOODS AND MAINTAIN.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED MULITPLE EMPLOYEES HANDSLING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ENSURE ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINS TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF FOODS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DIRTY FLOOR DRAINS UNDERNEATH THE THREE COMPARMENT SINK, ICE MACHINE, AND ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA. ---ALSO OBSERVED GREASE ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH DEEP FRYERS IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN ALL FLOOR DRAINS AND FLOORS UNDERNEATH THE DEEP FRYERS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Burger King last inspected?
Burger King has 16 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 13, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 25, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2017 | Fail | |
| July 10, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 21, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Burger King vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.