Epic Burger

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO SOAP NO PAPER TOWLES AT EXPOSED HAND SINK KITCHEN NEAR COOKING LINE. OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. MANAGER SUPPLIED SOAP AND PAPER TOWLES DURING INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 12Priority
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS BEING PREPARRED AND COOKED INCLUDING BEEF. OBSERVED NO ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE POSTED. SERIOUOS VIOLATION 7-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RACKS INSIDE SMALL REACH IN COOLER NEXT TO GRILL WITH RUSTY SHELVES. SHELVES MUST BE RESTORED TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE CONDITION AND MAINTAINED. OBSERVED 2 DOOR STANDING COOLER IN REAR PREP LEAKING ONTO FLOOR. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CABINET UNDER SODA MACHINE UNCLEAN DIRT AND SODA SYRUP SPILLS. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOOR AND FLOOR DRAIN UNDER SODA MACHINE UNCLEAN. CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED WATER ON FLOOR OF REAR PREP UNDER AND AROUND STANDING 2 DOOR COOLER. MUST KEEP FLOOR CLEAN AND DRY.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 29, 2016: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Near North Side

• ✓ Panera Bread
  cooked · 400 W Division St · inspected March 16, 2022
• ✓ The Bistro By The Pier
  cooked · 505 N Lake Shore Dr · inspected May 13, 2014
• ✓ The Bistro By The Pier
  clean · 505 N Lake Shore Dr · inspected November 1, 2012
• ✓ Boss Bar
  clean · 418-420 N Clark St · inspected December 9, 2025
• ✕ Boss Bar
  cooked · 418-420 N Clark St · inspected December 3, 2013
• ✓ Old Chicago Grill
  clean · 22 W Ohio St · inspected September 24, 2013

See every restaurant in Near North Side →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.