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Epic Burger
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 25, 2022
- address550 W Adams St, Chicago 60661
Is Epic Burger clean?
Epic Burger is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 25, 2022. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Epic Burger?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 25, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER or CERTIFICATE ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (BEEF) ARE BEING PREPARED. A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED TO THE PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
When was Epic Burger last inspected?
Epic Burger has 15 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| July 25, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 18, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 30, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2012 | Pass |
Epic Burger vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 July 25, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.