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Empirical Brew Pub
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 19, 2018
- address1330 W Morse Ave, Chicago 60626
Is Empirical Brew Pub clean?
Empirical Brew Pub is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 19, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Empirical Brew Pub?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WHERE ICE IS MADE UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Empirical Brew Pub last inspected?
Empirical Brew Pub has 20 inspections on record going back to January 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| June 19, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2018 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| April 19, 2017 | — | |
| October 7, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 11, 2016 | — | |
| August 18, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 16, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2014 | Pass |
Empirical Brew Pub vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 June 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.