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New Tea Garden Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 1, 2014
- address11342 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60628
Is New Tea Garden Restaurant clean?
New Tea Garden Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 1, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at New Tea Garden Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • INTERNAL TEMPERATURES TAKEN OS (2) LARGE PANS OF COOKED WHITE RICE SITTING OUT ON PREP TABLE,WAS READING 122.9F AND 120.7F ALSO OBSERVED A PAN OF COOKED BEEF AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 51.8F AND A PAN OF COOKED CHICKEN AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 50.9F AND OBSERVED 26 EGGS ON CRATE SITTING OUT ON A TABLE IN THE PREP AREA,READING 49.9F THE MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DENATURED AND DESTROYED FOOD PRODUCTS,TOTAL WEIGHT 30LBS TOTAL COST $30 CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DEFROST ALL LARGE CHEST FREEZERS IN THE REAR PREP AREA,HAS HEAVY ICE BUILD-UP,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL REFRIGERATOR UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISESRefrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL REFRIGERATOR UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISES
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsPremises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE CLUTTER FROM THE REAR STORAGE AREA AND UNDERNEATH PREP TABLES,TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE
When was New Tea Garden Restaurant last inspected?
New Tea Garden Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| April 1, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 23, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 6, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 11, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2010 | Pass | |
| May 28, 2010 | Pass |
New Tea Garden Restaurant vs West Pullman
West Pullman runs 61% clean across 214 tracked restaurants — 128 clean, 37 mid, 45 cooked.
Against the 214 spots Cooked tracks in West Pullman, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 April 1, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.