Iboba Bubble Tea

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 1, 2022
• address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Iboba Bubble Tea clean?

Iboba Bubble Tea is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 1, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Iboba Bubble Tea?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST OBTAIN SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO BODILY FLUID CLEAN UP KIT ON SITE. MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • PAPER TOWELS INSTALLED ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO MOVE TO HANDWASHING SINK, MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • SPLASH GUARD MISSING BETWEEN HANDSINK AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • SPLASH GUARD MISSING BETWEEN HANDSINK AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • FOUND NO STOPPERS AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. • FOUND PLASTIC LINING ON EXTERIOR OF COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN FOR SMOOTH SURFACE AND EASY CLEANING.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Iboba Bubble Tea last inspected?

Iboba Bubble Tea has 2 inspections on record going back to August 2, 2022.

Iboba Bubble Tea vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 September 1, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.