Sweet Honey Tea

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 8, 2025
• address7601 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Sweet Honey Tea clean?

Sweet Honey Tea is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sweet Honey Tea?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED THE INSIDE OF THE PIZZA OVENS AND MICROWAVE WITH A BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS AND SPLATTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED MULTIPLE DEAD INSECTS UNDER THE FRONT COUNTER AREA WHERE THE BLUE RASPPBEERY AND CHERRY SLUSHY MACHINES ARE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DEAD INSECTS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREA.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE SLUSHY AND JUICE DISPENCER NOZZLES WITH A BUILD UP OF JUICE SPLATTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE SLUSHY AND JUICE DISPENCER NOZZLES WITH A BUILD UP OF JUICE SPLATTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE SHELVING IN THE REAR DISH WASHING AREA WITH A BUILD UP OF GREASE, DUST AND SMALL DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INSIDE OF THE REACH IN COOLING UNIT AND FREEZER IN NEED OF A DEATIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE WALLS AND FLOORS IN THE REAR DISH WASHING AREA AND THE FRONT FOOD SERVICE AREA WITH A BUILD UP OF DIRT, DEBRIS AND WALL SPLATTER UNDER AND AROUND ALL SHELVING AND EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSECT ACTIVITY.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSSERVED NEW MANAGER JALEN RAY WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND INFORMED THAT CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN AND PROVIDE ON SITE.

When was Sweet Honey Tea last inspected?

Sweet Honey Tea has 12 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2017.

Sweet Honey 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 33% 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 August 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.