Cooked?Blue Bayou
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 31, 2026 →
- 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 31, 2026. 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 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
When was Blue Bayou last inspected?
Blue Bayou has 3 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2024.
March 31, 2026 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →October 20, 2025 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →October 22, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →Blue Bayou vs Lake View
Lake View runs 79% clean across 1,124 tracked restaurants — 879 clean, 218 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 1,124 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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