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Mystic Blue Cruises
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 21, 2019
- address600 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Mystic Blue Cruises clean?
Mystic Blue Cruises is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 21, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Mystic Blue Cruises?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • - MUST PROVIDE HANDWASH SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE DISHWASH AREA AND AT THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. -
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • - OBSERVED A SLIGHT DEBRIS ACCUMULATION ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE ON THE 3RD FLOOR. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. -
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • - MUST INSTALL A PREP/DUMP SINK IN THE SERVER COFFEE PREP STATIONS AND A DUMP/PREP SINK IN ALL THE BARS. - • - OBSERVED THE CENTER HANDWASH SINK IN THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM HAS LOW HOT WATER PRESSURE. MUST INCREASE THE HOT WATER PRESSURE TO FACILITATE ADEQUATE HANDWASHING TECHNIQUES. -
When was Mystic Blue Cruises last inspected?
Mystic Blue Cruises has 13 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| August 21, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 4, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 24, 2013 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2012 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2011 | Pass |
Mystic Blue Cruises vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 21, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.