Blue Bayou

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 12, 2010
• address3734 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60613

Is Blue Bayou clean?

Blue Bayou is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 12, 2010. 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 Blue Bayou?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less.POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE.FOUND 3 CONTAINER OF COOKED JAMBALAYA(RICE,SAUSAGE, CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE), STORED IN WALK-IN COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE 97.6F; 103.3F; 98.3F AND 127.7F. NO PROOF OF TIME AND TEMPERATURE LOG PROVIDED.FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED. POUNDS 40, VALUE 560.CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A) HOOOO59427
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.ADDITIONAL CLEANING IS NEEDED INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE(MINERAL BUILD UP).FILTER ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENTS(GREASE BUILD-UP)
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.NEED TO WELD SEAM AT DRAINBOARD AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, WATER IS LEAKING ON FLOOR.

When was Blue Bayou last inspected?

Blue Bayou has 1 inspection on record going back to March 12, 2010.

Blue Bayou vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 12, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.