Rare Tea Cellar, Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 20, 2020 →
• address3701 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago 60613
• cuisineWholesale

Is Rare Tea Cellar, Inc. clean?

Rare Tea Cellar, Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Rare Tea Cellar, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate

When was Rare Tea Cellar, Inc. last inspected?

Rare Tea Cellar, Inc. has 3 inspections on record going back to May 23, 2012.

Rare Tea Cellar, Inc. vs North Center

North Center runs 83% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 407 clean, 73 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 20, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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