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Restaurant Empyree
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 30, 2024
- address505 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago 60611
Is Restaurant Empyree clean?
Restaurant Empyree is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 30, 2024. 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 Restaurant Empyree?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Restaurant Empyree last inspected?
Restaurant Empyree has 2 inspections on record going back to November 24, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 30, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| November 24, 2023 | — |
Restaurant Empyree vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North 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 30, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.