Sweet Dragon Boba Tea

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 22, 2023
• address4800 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60641

Is Sweet Dragon Boba Tea clean?

Sweet Dragon Boba Tea is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 22, 2023. 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 Sweet Dragon Boba Tea?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2023, 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 • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST PAINT OR SEAL THE RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED BOTH WASHROOM DOORS WITHOUT A SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE ON BOTH WASHROOM DOORS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED BOTH WASHROOM DOORS WITHOUT A SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE ON BOTH WASHROOM DOORS.

When was Sweet Dragon Boba Tea last inspected?

Sweet Dragon Boba Tea has 3 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2023.

Sweet Dragon Boba Tea vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 May 22, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.