Bluestem Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 27, 2015
• address1935 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613

Is Bluestem Restaurant clean?

Bluestem Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 27, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bluestem Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • HOLE AT FLOOR BASEBOARD AT BAR BEHIND STAND UP REACH IN COOLER ALSO BASEMENT FLOOR NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT PREP AREA, BASEMENT ALSO MUST SEAL HOLE AT FLOOR BASEBOARD AT BAR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • HOLE AT FLOOR BASEBOARD AT BAR BEHIND STAND UP REACH IN COOLER ALSO BASEMENT FLOOR NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT PREP AREA, BASEMENT ALSO MUST SEAL HOLE AT FLOOR BASEBOARD AT BAR.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • WOMENS WASHROOM HANDWASH BOWL WATER PRESSURE LOW. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INCREASE WATER PRESSURE.

When was Bluestem Restaurant last inspected?

Bluestem Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to August 26, 2013.

Bluestem Restaurant 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 36% 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 May 27, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.