Epic Burger

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 22, 2026
• address1000 W North Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Epic Burger clean?

Epic Burger is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Epic Burger?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE REAR 2 DOOR COOLER AND FOOD ITEMS IN PREP AREA NOT IDENTIFIED WITH THE COMMON NAME OF THE FOOD ITEM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LABELS ON FOOD CONTAINER(S) WHEN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL PACKAGING/CONTAINER.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSILS STORED IMPROPERLY IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSILS STORED IMPROPERLY IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED GREASE TRAP IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS IN THE WOMEN WASHROOM STALLS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS IN THE WOMEN WASHROOM STALLS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CEILING TILE ABOVE THE FOOD PREP AREA HELD TOGETHER WITH CLAMP PLIERS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CLAMPS AND ENSURE CEILING TILES ARE SEALED APPROPRIATELY, SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was Epic Burger last inspected?

Epic Burger has 21 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Epic Burger vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.