Blue Leopard

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 3, 2026
• address1252 N Wells St, Chicago 60610

Is Blue Leopard clean?

Blue Leopard is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 3, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Blue Leopard?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED MISSING HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT THE REAR TOILET ROOM BY THE KITCHEN ENTRY AND THE FRONT BAR STATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE OUTER LIP AREA OF THE ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF ICE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE OUTER LIP AREA OF THE ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF ICE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE FIRST LARGER UNISEX TOILET ROOM WITHOUT A COVERED RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE FIRST LARGER UNISEX TOILET ROOM WITHOUT A COVERED RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN THE MAIN KICHEN AREA AND THE FRONT BAR AREAS IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALONG WALLS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.

When was Blue Leopard last inspected?

Blue Leopard has 1 inspection on record going back to February 3, 2026.

Blue Leopard vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 47% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Blue Leopard
  clean · February 3, 2026
• ✓ Chicago's Dog House
  clean · April 23, 2026
• ✓ Blue Door Kitchen & Garden
  clean · February 10, 2026
• ✓ Blue Door Kitchen & Garden
  clean · February 10, 2026
• ✓ Blue Door Kitchen & Garden
  clean · February 10, 2026
• ✓ Taco Bell
  clean · February 25, 2026

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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 February 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.