Oooh Wee Sweet Tea

• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedJuly 28, 2017
• address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Oooh Wee Sweet Tea clean?

Oooh Wee Sweet Tea is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 28, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Oooh Wee Sweet Tea?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • ADDITONAL REFRIGERATION NOT ON SITE AT THIS TIME. INSTD TO HAVE ALL REFRIFERATION ON SITE AND ABLE TO MAINTAIN AT 40F OR BELOW. VIOLATION 7-38-005A CRITICAL.
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • NO HOT RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE ON SITE. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME AT ALL TIMES. VIOLATION 7-38-030 CRITICAL.
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • NO EXPOSED HANDSINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA WHERE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LOCATED. INSTD TO PROVIDE EXPOSED HANDSINK WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE. VIOLATION 7-38-030 CRITICAL.
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • NO SOAP OR SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE AT EXPOSED HANDSINK. INSTD TO PROVIDE. VIOLATION 7-38-030 CRITICAL.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • NO BARRIER AT FRONT PREP AREA WHERE CUSTOMERS CAN ACCESS. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER BARRIER. VIOLATIOM 7-38-005A SERIOUS.
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors • NO LICENSED PEST CONTROL LOGBOOK ON SITE. INSTD TO PROVIDE COMPLETE LOGBOOK (BUSINESS LICENSE NUMBER, SERVICE RECEPIT, DIAGRAM/LOCATION OF ANY DEVICE, MSDS SHEETS, ETC). VIOLATION 7-38-020 SERIOUS.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Dish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock • NO CHEMICAL TEST KITS ON SITE. INSTD TO PROVIDE. VIOLATION 7-38-030 SERIOUS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGH OUT NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGH OUT NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS THROUGH OUT NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MISSING CEILING TILES IN REAR. INSTD TO PROVIDE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS THROUGH OUT NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MISSING CEILING TILES IN REAR. INSTD TO PROVIDE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO PROVIDE. UNABLE TO LOCATE GREASE INTERCEPTOR/CATCH BASIN FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE OR PROVIDE

When was Oooh Wee Sweet Tea last inspected?

Oooh Wee Sweet Tea has 2 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2017.

Oooh Wee Sweet 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 10% 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 July 28, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.