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Argo Tea
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 15, 2017
- address140 S Dearborn St, Chicago 60603
Is Argo Tea clean?
Argo Tea is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 15, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Argo Tea?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED TEA SPILLED INSIDE OF THE FRONT CABINETS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF CABINETS.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD SPLASH BEHIND THE PIPE THAT RUNS ALONG THE FLOOR UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH A GRAY SLIME SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS & FLOOR DRAINS.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FOOD SPLASH BEHIND THE PIPE THAT RUNS ALONG THE FLOOR UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH A GRAY SLIME SUBSTANCE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS & FLOOR DRAINS.
When was Argo Tea last inspected?
Argo Tea has 8 inspections on record going back to October 20, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| August 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2013 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2010 | Fail |
Argo Tea vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.