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Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 4, 2022
- address3720 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60613
Is Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe clean?
Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 4, 2022. 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 Sky Bakery & Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED TWO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND AT THE FRONT DESK WITHOUT HANDWASHING SIGNAGE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED CLEAN KITHCENWARE AND TABLEWARE(FORKS, BUTTER KNIVES,WHISKS) NOT INVERTED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SAID ITEMS.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED CLEAN KITHCENWARE AND TABLEWARE(FORKS, BUTTER KNIVES,WHISKS) NOT INVERTED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SAID ITEMS.
When was Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe last inspected?
Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe has 22 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 17, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| August 4, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 3, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 13, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2018 | Fail | |
| June 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2016 | Pass |
Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 August 4, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.