Bluebird

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 24, 2025
• address2863 N Clark St, Chicago 60657

Is Bluebird clean?

Bluebird is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 24, 2025. 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 Bluebird?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NOTED NO HANDWASH SIGNAGE AT KITHCHEN HANDSINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED BAR ICE MACHINE NOT CLEAN. NOTED TOP OF INTERNAL FRONT FACING ICE DISPENSER WITH SLIGHT ORANGE SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL INTERIOR SURFACES AND MAINTAIN
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • NOTED WIPING CLOTHES STORED ON KITCHEN CUTTING BOARD. INSTRUCTED TO STORE CLOTHS IN PROPER SANITIZING BUCKETS AND SOLUTION IN BETWEEN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED BROKEN GASKET ON 4 DOOR REFRIGERATOR, AND BROKEN/ RUSTED DOOR OF CHEST FREEZER IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • NOTED COMPARTMENT UNDER FRYERS IN KITCHEN AND SIDES AND CORDS OF COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH HEAVY GREASE AND ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • NOTED GROUNDS BEHIND AND UNDERNEATH GREASE RECEPTACLE WITH HEAVY DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE OF DEBRIS.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • NOTED GROUNDS BEHIND AND UNDERNEATH GREASE RECEPTACLE WITH HEAVY DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE OF DEBRIS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED ENCRUSTED GREASE AND DUST ON SOUTHEAST CORNER FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS AND ON CEILING ABOVE REAR EXIT IN KITCHEN, AND NORTH WALL IN KITCHEN WITH DUST. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP ON VENTILATION HOOD FILTERS. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE CLEANING FREQUENCY AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP ON VENTILATION HOOD FILTERS. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE CLEANING FREQUENCY AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING AND PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION ON SITE AT ALL TIMES

When was Bluebird last inspected?

Bluebird has 16 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bluebird vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 32% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓! Frio Gelato
  mid · November 22, 2019
• ✓ Wrigley Commissary / W Club
  clean · March 23, 2017
• ✓ Wrigley Field Commissary & W Club
  clean · April 7, 2026
• ✓! The Amazon Coffee Shop
  mid · October 10, 2018
• ✓ Sal's Trattoria
  clean · July 24, 2025
• ✓ Sal's Trattoria
  clean · May 4, 2017

See every restaurant inspection in Lake View →

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 April 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.