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Blue Bottle Coffee
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 16, 2024
- address313 W Wolf Point Plz, Chicago 60606
Is Blue Bottle Coffee clean?
Blue Bottle Coffee is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 16, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Blue Bottle Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED LACTIC ACID AT AN IMPROPER SANITIZING CONCENTRATION OF 0PPM AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WHERE EQUIPMENT WAS BEING SANITIZED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO SANITIZE ALL DISHES IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT A CONCENTRATION 0F 704 OR 1875 PPM WHEN LACTIC ACID IS INSTALLED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. CORRECTED ON SITE LACTIC ACID SANTIZING PROPERLY AT A CONCENTRATION OF 1875 PPM AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AFTER REPAIR. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED OPENING AT BASE OF REVOLVING ENTRANCE DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BUG LIGHT INSTALLED ABOVE DUMP SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. INTSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE BUG LIGHT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF DUMP SINK AND EQUIPMENT.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BUG LIGHT INSTALLED ABOVE DUMP SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. INTSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE BUG LIGHT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF DUMP SINK AND EQUIPMENT.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DUST ON CEILING AND CEILING VENT COVER ABOVE PREP TABLE IN REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DUST FROM CEILING AND CEILING VENT COVER ABOVE THE REAR PREP TABLE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Blue Bottle Coffee last inspected?
Blue Bottle Coffee has 3 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2021 | — |
Blue Bottle Coffee vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 December 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.