Hamburger Heaven

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 2, 2019
• address3001 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Hamburger Heaven clean?

Hamburger Heaven is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 2, 2019. 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 Hamburger Heaven?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED THE POLICY FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS, BUT IS MISSING SOME EQUIPMENT, AND DISINFECTANT RATED FOR NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED A VARIETY OF FOOD PREPARED NOT PROPERLY LABELED IN THE WALK-IN COOLER,HOURS AND HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS AT 41*F OR BELOW. SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED TO INDICATE THE DAY OR DATE BY WHICH THE FOOD SHALL BE SOLD, CONSUMED, OR DISPOSED OF FOR A MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE OR REMINDER ON THE MENU AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BROCHURES, MENU ADVISORIES, LABEL STATEMENTS, TABLE TENTS, PLACARDS, OR OTHER WRITTEN MEANS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF WIPING CLOTHES, ON COUNTERS, WORK TABLES, INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ICE IN THE REAR BOX FREEZER, INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND CLEAN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • SEE VIOLATION #60
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED NON COMPLIANCE WITH VIOLATION #58, NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING, FROM REPORT #2223167 DATE 10/01/2018.PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7042-090, CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED NON COMPLIANCE WITH VIOLATION #58, NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING, FROM REPORT #2223167 DATE 10/01/2018.PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7042-090, CITATION ISSUED.

When was Hamburger Heaven last inspected?

Hamburger Heaven has 14 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Hamburger Heaven vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 48% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 553 clean, 95 mid, 494 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower 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 2, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.