Blue Sharks

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 6, 2010
• address3450 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60651

Is Blue Sharks clean?

Blue Sharks is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Blue Sharks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 6, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities. 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER NOT MAINTAINING COLD FOODS 40'F AND BELOW, COOLER IN POOR REPAIR, TEMPS READING 47-50'F, INSTRUCTED TO RESTRICT USE UNTIL COOLER READS 40'F AND BELOW, INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SERVICE BY A LICENSE REFRIGERATED PERSON, COOLER TAGGED, INSTRUCTED TO FAX LETTER TO CDPH, FOR TAG REMOVAL, #312-746-4240 CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒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. FOODS INSIDE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER NOT AT PROPER TEMPS, CHICKEN, FISH, SAUSAGE AND BEEF ALL DUMPED AT A COST OF ABOUT $500, APPROX. 30LBS CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • Adequate and convenient hand washing facilities shall be provided for all employees. SOAP AND PAPER TOWLS NEEDED AT ALL HANDSINKS CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • A certified food service manager must be present in all establishments at which potentially hazardous food is prepared or served. NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY AT THIS TIME FOODS ARE COOKED AND SERVED SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOORS NEEDS DETAILED CLEANING PREP AND SERVICE AREAS
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOORS NEEDS DETAILED CLEANING PREP AND SERVICE AREAS
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALL NEEDS CLEANING VARIOUS AREAS THRU-OUT PREMISES
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALL NEEDS CLEANING VARIOUS AREAS THRU-OUT PREMISES
• 🪳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. FRONT EXPOSED HANDBOWL IN POOR REPAIR, NOT PROPERLY DRAINING

When was Blue Sharks last inspected?

Blue Sharks has 2 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2010.

Blue Sharks vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 65% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 467 clean, 112 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 January 6, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.