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Blu 57 Seafood & Small Plates
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2020
- address5701 N Clark St, Chicago 60660
Is Blu 57 Seafood & Small Plates clean?
Blu 57 Seafood & Small Plates is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 20, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Blu 57 Seafood & Small Plates?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • ESTABLISHMENT IS MISSING EYE PROTECTION AND DISPOSABLE MOP HEAD FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005.
- 📄consumer advisory missingConsumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED DISCLOSURE STATEMENT INCORRECTLY WRITTEN. PROVIDE DISCLOSURE STATING, "THESE FOOD ITEMS CAN BE SERVED RAW OR UNDERCOOKED." PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUSTY SHELVES INSIDE 2-SLIDING DOORS COLD HOLDING UNIT IN REAR. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE SHELVING FOR SMOOTH AND EASY CLEANABILITY.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED MINOR GREASE BUILD UP INSIDE OF COOKING FRYER. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Blu 57 Seafood & Small Plates last inspected?
Blu 57 Seafood & Small Plates has 17 inspections on record going back to June 6, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 30, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| August 17, 2021 | — | |
| March 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 25, 2020 | — | |
| July 3, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 27, 2019 | — | |
| November 21, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 25, 2018 | — | |
| December 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 22, 2016 | Pass |
Blu 57 Seafood & Small Plates vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 March 20, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.