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Blue Sushi Sake Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 25, 2025
- address2351 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614
Is Blue Sushi Sake Grill clean?
Blue Sushi Sake Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 25, 2025. 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 Sushi Sake Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13--OBSERVED MISSING ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED(SUSHI). MUST HAVE A CFM ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
When was Blue Sushi Sake Grill last inspected?
Blue Sushi Sake Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 25, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 22, 2021 | Pass |
Blue Sushi Sake Grill vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 September 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.