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Epples Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 27, 2025
- address554 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60607
Is Epples Restaurant clean?
Epples Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Epples Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE PREP TABLES, PREP COOLERS AND FREEZERS, DEEP FRYERS, STOVE, STORAGE SHELVES AND DISH MACHINE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • REPLACE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES BENEATH THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. • CLEAN THE FLOOR, WALLS AND CEILING TILES IN THE FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • REPLACE THE MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • REPLACE THE MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE FOOD PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
When was Epples Restaurant last inspected?
Epples Restaurant has 34 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2021 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 22, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Epples Restaurant vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 August 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.