Oooh Wee Sweet Tea

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 24, 2024
• 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 24, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 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 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • 2-101.11: PERSON IN CHARGE WITHOUT CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATION AS REQUIRED. INSTD TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION ON SITE
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-101.11: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIIFED MANAGER ON DUTY NOR CITY of CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED AS REQUIRED. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED AND PERSON ON SITE WHILE HANDLING, PREPARING AND SERVING TCS FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN AND BEEF. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11: BROKEN CABINET DOORS NOTED THROUGH OUT FRONT PREP AREA. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C): EXTERIOR TOP OF ICE MACHINE NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE YELLOW DEBRIS ACCUMULATION NOTED. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15: LEAK AT PIPE UNDERNEATH HANDWASH SINK, AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN PIPES FREE OF LEAKS
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected • 8-404.13 (B:3): PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION FROM 7/15/24 REPORT 2597471 NOT CORRECTED; 16: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE PINK AND BLACK SLIME ON INTERIOR CHUTE AND PANEL OF ICE MACHINE, ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTD TO DISPOSE OF ALL ICE, CLEAN AND SANTIZE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN. 7-42-090 PRIORITY
  Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected • 8-404.13 (B:3): PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION FROM 7/15/24 REPORT 2597471 NOT CORRECTED; 16: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE PINK AND BLACK SLIME ON INTERIOR CHUTE AND PANEL OF ICE MACHINE, ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTD TO DISPOSE OF ALL ICE, CLEAN AND SANTIZE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN. 7-42-090 PRIORITY

When was Oooh Wee Sweet Tea last inspected?

Oooh Wee Sweet Tea has 9 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2021.

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 11% 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 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.