EPIC BURGER

Address: 517 S STATE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60605, Chicago, IL

Latest Inspection: Pass on Nov 24, 2025

Facility Details

• Facility Type: Restaurant
• Risk: Risk 2 (Medium)
• Status: Independent

Inspection History (23 inspections)

• Pass — 2025-11-24 00:00:00 ()
• Fail — 2025-11-18 00:00:00 () 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE - Comments: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED,HANDLED AND SERVED SUCH AS (CHICKEN,EGGS,FRENCH FRIES,E
• Pass — 2024-12-16 00:00:00 ()
• Fail — 2024-12-12 00:00:00 () 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE - Comments: FOUND WOMENS TOILET ROOM HANDWASHING SINK WATER TEMPERATURE AT 57F. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A HANDWASHING SINK WATER TEMPERATU
• Pass — 2023-11-20 00:00:00 () 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: 6-501.12 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS AROUND THE HOT WATER HEATER, AROUND THE GREASE TRAP AND UNDER AND AROUND ALL DRY ST
• Fail — 2023-11-13 00:00:00 () 36. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED & ACCURATE - Comments: 4-302.12 OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE TO PROPERLY TAKE TEMPERATURES OF COLD AND HOT FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY F
• Pass — 2023-02-02 00:00:00 () 40. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS - Comments: 2-402.11 OBSERVED THE MANAGER WITHOUT A PROPER HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A PROPER HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES SUCH AS A HAT OR A HAIR NET. | 55. PHYSIC
• Fail — 2023-01-26 00:00:00 () 22. PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES - Comments: 3-501.16(A:2,&B) OBSERVED TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS AT INADEQUATE COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES LOCATED IN A PREP COOLER; OBSERVED ABOUT 10
• Pass — 2020-05-01 00:00:00 () 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE GREASE TRAP AT THE THREE COMP SINK NEEDS CLEANING; CLEAN AND MAINTAIN GREASE TRAP. | 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED,
• Pass w/ Conditions — 2018-09-11 00:00:00 () 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE - Comments: 2-102.12 OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (BEEF, S
• Fail — 2018-09-04 00:00:00 () 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING - Comments: 2-102.14(A) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE H
• Pass — 2017-07-21 00:00:00 () 32. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: THE REAR HAND WASHING SINK NEEDS TO BE RECAULKED. INSTRUCTED TO RECAULK AND MAINTAIN. | 33. FOOD AND NO
• Fail — 2017-07-14 00:00:00 () 6. HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLER ENTER THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA AND PUT ON GLOVES WITHOUT WASHIN
• Pass — 2016-06-14 00:00:00 () 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: SODA FOUNTAIN DISPENSERS NOT CLEAN INSIDE, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. | 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AN
• Pass — 2015-07-31 00:00:00 ()
• Fail — 2015-07-21 00:00:00 () 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 20 LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON THE
• Pass — 2014-04-30 00:00:00 () 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FLOORS UNDER EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. M
• Fail — 2014-04-23 00:00:00 () 24. DISH WASHING FACILITIES: PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, INSTALLED, LOCATED AND OPERATED - Comments: WHEN WATER IS RUN INTO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK DARK BROWN GREASE/WASTE WATER IS BACKING
• Pass — 2013-10-03 00:00:00 () 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WALLS AND CEILING IN THE PREP AND DININ
• Fail — 2013-09-25 00:00:00 () 12. HAND WASHING FACILITIES: WITH SOAP AND SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICES, CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE TO FOOD PREP AREA - Comments: FOUND NO SOAP NOR SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICES AT THE REAR EXPOSED HAND

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