House Of Blues

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 27, 2025
• address329 N Dearborn St, Chicago 60654

Is House Of Blues clean?

House Of Blues is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at House Of Blues?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11---SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN ICE BIN AND HANDWASHING SINK IN THE 1ST FLOOR BAR AREA.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11---SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN ICE BIN AND HANDWASHING SINK IN THE 1ST FLOOR BAR AREA.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11---OBSERVED A TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE 2-DRAWER PREP LINE COOLER UNDERNEATH THE COOKING GRILL.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKET AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13---INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE GREASE BUILDUP INSIDE OF THE DEEP FRYERS AND THE SIDES OF HOT COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENTS, PREP LINE COOLERS, STORAGE RACKS INSIDE THE WALK-IN-COOLERS TO REMOVE FOOD SPLASHED DEBRIS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15---OBSERVED WATER LEAK AT DRAINPIPE UNDERNEATH THE FAR-RIGHT COMPARTMENT OF THE 1ST FLOOR MAIN KITCHEN PREP DISHWASHING AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR PLUMBING LEAKS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11---INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR WITH SPILLED FOOD DEBRIS UNDERNEATH THE DRY STORAGE RACKS IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT KITCHEN PREP AREA AND DETAIL CLEAN CEILING TILES TO REMOVE ACCUMULATION OF DUSTS IN THE SAME AREA ALSO, FLOORS IN BAR AREAS IN NEED FOR A DETAIL CLEANING AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11---OBSERVED BURNT-OUT LIGHT BULBS FOR LIGHT FIXTURES ABOVE THE KITCHEN EXHAUST HOODS IN THE 1ST FLOOR MAIN KITCHEN PREP AND THE FOUNDATION ROOM KITCHEN PREP AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BURNT-OUT LIGHT BULBS AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT ALL TIMES.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11---OBSERVED BURNT-OUT LIGHT BULBS FOR LIGHT FIXTURES ABOVE THE KITCHEN EXHAUST HOODS IN THE 1ST FLOOR MAIN KITCHEN PREP AND THE FOUNDATION ROOM KITCHEN PREP AREAS.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BURNT-OUT LIGHT BULBS AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT ALL TIMES.

When was House Of Blues last inspected?

House Of Blues has 21 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

House Of Blues vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 October 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.