Argo Tea

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 6-301.11- OBSERVED NO SOAP AT HAND SINK AT FRONT PREP AREA. INFORMED MANAGER THAT HAND SINKS MUST HAVE HAND SOAP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND SOAP AT HAND SINK. MANAGER CORRECTED VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION # 7-38-030(c) COMBINED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION. • 6-301.12- OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT HAND SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. INFORMED MANAGER THAT HAND SINKS MUST HAVE PAPER TOWELS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE PAPER TOWELS AT HAND SINK. MANAGER CORRECTED VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION # 7-38-030(c) COMBINED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION. • 5-205.11- OBSERVED FRONT PREP HAND SINK IN USE AS DUMP SINK, WITH CREAM, ICE CUBE AND COFFEE DEBRIS IN BOTTOM OF HAND SINK. INFORMED MANAGER THAT HAND SINKS MUST BE USED FOR HAND WASHING ONLY. INSTRUCTED MANGER TO USE HAND SINKS FOR HAND WASHING ONLY. MANAGER CORRECTED VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED. COMBINED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION. • 6-301.14-OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE INSTALLED AT HAND SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL HAND SIGNAGE IN SAID AREA. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 10Priority
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-205.15- OBSERVED NO DUMP SINK/1 COMP SINK INSTALL AT FRONT COURT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL A MINIMUM 1 DUMP SINK/1 COMP SINK FOR DISCARD OF ICE, CREAM, ETC. IN SAID AREA. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11- OBSERVED CHIPPED AND PEELING PAINT ON FLOOR IN REAR DRY STORAGE/DISHWASHING AREA. INFORMED MANAGER THAT SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RESURFACE SAID AREA AND ENSURE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 4, 2017: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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