Chicago Teahouse

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

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION FOUND 2 NON-WORKING DISH MACHINES ON PREMISES. FOUND ONE NON-COMMERCIAL DISH MACHINE ON THE 1ST FLOOR NOT IN USE AND NOT CONNECTED.FOUND ANOTHER COMMERCIAL DISH MACHINE IN THE BASEMENT NOT IN WORKING ORDER OR CONNECTED. TAGGED BOTH DISH MACHINES AT THIS TIME. FOUND THE 3-COMP SINK SET-UP WITH 100PPM OF CHLORINE IN THE BASEMENT AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CONTINUE USE OF 3-COMP FOR WASHING, RINSING AND SANITIZING. BOTH DISH MACHINES WERE TAGGED AT THIS TIME. THE NON-COMMERCIAL DISH MACHINE ON THE 1ST FLOOR MUST BE REMOVED OFF PREMISES TAGGED AT THIS TIME. THE DISH MACHINE IN THE BASEMENT WAS ALSO TAGGED. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE DISH MACHINES UNTIL REPAIRED(DISH MACHINE IN THE BASEMENT) AND UNTIL CDPH INSPECTS UNIT. CDI.NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 8Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND NO MOP SINK ON PREMISES. MUST INSTALL A WORKING MOP SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FOUND CLUTTER BASEMENT AREA AROUND THE HOT WATER TANK AREA. MUST BETTER ORGANIZE AND DECLUTTER ABOVE STATED AREA.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 9, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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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