Blu 57 Seafood & Small Plates

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: FOUND LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY AT PREMISES. OBSERVED 7 LIVE ROACHES UNDER DISHMACHINE AT MAIN KITCHEN. SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-020.
  code 18
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: FOUND PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT DATED. 2-23-15. INSPECTION # 1424782. NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANLDERS MUST BE CERTIFIED WITH CERTIFICATES OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES.SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-42-090.
  code 29
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: FOUND FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN: HOOD EXHAUST,(GREASE BUILDUP), BOTTOM OF DISHMACHINE/SINKS, AND EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL MENTIONED AREAS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN UNDER DISHMACHINE, BEHIND WOK AREAS, AND UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL MENTIONED FLOOR AREAS.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 23, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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