Umami Burger

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2020
• address945 W Randolph St, Chicago 60607

Is Umami Burger clean?

Umami Burger is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 8, 2020. 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 Umami Burger?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. UNABLE TO SHOW DOCUMENTATION VERIFYING EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO LABEL THE BULK STORAGE CONTAINER STORING THE RICE IN THE STORAGE AREA.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN: INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS AND GRILL.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE, CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AROUND UNDER AND BEHIND SINKS, REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS AND CEILING VENTS IN KITCHEN TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE VENT ABOVE THE DISHMACHINE IN THE KITCHEN TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED IN VENT.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE VENT ABOVE THE DISHMACHINE IN THE KITCHEN TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED IN VENT.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED TO HAVE PROOF OF ALL FOOD HANDLERS HAVING THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED TO HAVE PROOF OF ALL FOOD HANDLERS HAVING THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 AS REQUIRED; MUST CORRECT. #58 NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS; INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND KEEP ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 AS REQUIRED; MUST CORRECT. #58 NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE FOR CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS; INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND KEEP ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 ISSUED.

When was Umami Burger last inspected?

Umami Burger has 13 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Umami Burger 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 0% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

• ✓ Umami Burger
  clean · July 12, 2016
• ✓ Athena Restaurant
  clean · July 6, 2017
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• ✓! Warm Belly Bakery
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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 October 8, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.