Epiphany Bistro

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 13, 2015
• address734 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Epiphany Bistro clean?

Epiphany Bistro is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 13, 2015. 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 Epiphany Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED DOOR TO REFRIGERATION/COLD HOLD UNIT IN DISREPAIR FIRST FLOOR KITHCEN ACRESS FROM STOVE. REPAIR DOOR SO THAT IS OPENS AND CLOSES PROPERLY. OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVES WITHIN CLOSET ON MAIN FLOOR CONTAINING LIQUOR. PAINT OR SEAL ALL RAW WOOD AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED DOOR TO REFRIGERATION/COLD HOLD UNIT IN DISREPAIR FIRST FLOOR KITHCEN ACRESS FROM STOVE. REPAIR DOOR SO THAT IS OPENS AND CLOSES PROPERLY. OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVES WITHIN CLOSET ON MAIN FLOOR CONTAINING LIQUOR. PAINT OR SEAL ALL RAW WOOD AND MAINTAIN.
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  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED UNCLEAN INTERIOR OF REACH IN REFRIGERATOR/COLD HOLD UNIT. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR. OBSERVED EXCESS GREASE ACCUMULATION ON INTERIOR OF FRYERS AND UNCLEAN EXTERIOR OF FRYERS. CLEAN AND MAINTIAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DUCT TAPE ON FLOOR IN KITCHEN LEADING FROM REFRIGERATOR TO FLOOR DRAIN. ALL DUCT TAPE MUST BE REMOVED AND DRAINLINE FROM REACH IN REFRIGERATOR MUST BE PROPERLY PLUMBED. FLOOR NEEDS TO BE RESTORED TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DUCT TAPE ON FLOOR IN KITCHEN LEADING FROM REFRIGERATOR TO FLOOR DRAIN. ALL DUCT TAPE MUST BE REMOVED AND DRAINLINE FROM REACH IN REFRIGERATOR MUST BE PROPERLY PLUMBED. FLOOR NEEDS TO BE RESTORED TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED THERMOMETER NEEDED IN REACH IN REFRIGERATOR/COLD HOLD UNIT IN KITHCEN. PROVIDE WORKING THERMOMETER
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED THERMOMETER NEEDED IN REACH IN REFRIGERATOR/COLD HOLD UNIT IN KITHCEN. PROVIDE WORKING THERMOMETER
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  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED UNUSABLE EQUIPMENT IN MOP ROOM ON MAIN FLOOR. REMOVED ANY ITEMS THAT ARE NOT IN USE. OBSERVED CLUTTER AT TOP OF STAIRS ON SECOND FLOOR. CLEAN AND ORGANIZE AREA AT TOP OF STAINS TO REDUCE INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.ALL MOPS NEED TO BE HUNG TO DRY AFTER USE.OBSERVED BOXES OF WATER, LEMONADE, AND WINE STORED ON FLOOR. ALL STOCK ITEMS NEED TO BE STORED AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALL
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NOT ALL CERTIFICATES IN PLACE. ALL STAFF MUST OBTAIN FOOD HADNLER CERTIFICATES
  Food Handler Requirements Met • NOT ALL CERTIFICATES IN PLACE. ALL STAFF MUST OBTAIN FOOD HADNLER CERTIFICATES

When was Epiphany Bistro last inspected?

Epiphany Bistro has 7 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2014.

Epiphany Bistro 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 0% of them.

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  clean · September 25, 2014
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• ✓ Deli & More
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• ✓ Benjyehuda
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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 May 13, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.