Blue Agave

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 12, 2012
• address579 W Kinzie St, Chicago 60654

Is Blue Agave clean?

Blue Agave is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 12, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Blue Agave?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • BARE WOODEN WALLS IN THE DINING AREA & BELOW THE BAR COUNTER MUST BE SEALED, & MADE SMOOTH/EASILY CLEANABLE. MISSING BASEBOARDS IN THE DINING ROOM & AROUND THE BAR AREAS MUST BE PROVIDED. The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • BARE WOODEN WALLS IN THE DINING AREA & BELOW THE BAR COUNTER MUST BE SEALED, & MADE SMOOTH/EASILY CLEANABLE. MISSING BASEBOARDS IN THE DINING ROOM & AROUND THE BAR AREAS MUST BE PROVIDED. The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • BATHROOM DOORS NEED SELF-CLOSING DEVICES, MUST INSTALL. Toilet rooms shall be completely enclosed and shall be vented to the outside air or mechanically ventilated.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INTERNAL THERMOMETERS NEEDED IN ALL UPRIGHT COOLERS, MUST PROVIDE. All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INTERNAL THERMOMETERS NEEDED IN ALL UPRIGHT COOLERS, MUST PROVIDE. All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units.

When was Blue Agave last inspected?

Blue Agave has 1 inspection on record going back to June 12, 2012.

Blue Agave 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 51% 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 June 12, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.