Tai Chi

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 13, 2023
• address1158 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607

Is Tai Chi clean?

Tai Chi is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 13, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tai Chi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF SYRUP STORED INSIDE THE 1ST-FLOOR WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE FROM WASHROOM AND ONLY STORE FOOD IN APPROVED LOCATIONS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF SYRUP STORED INSIDE THE 1ST-FLOOR WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE FROM WASHROOM AND ONLY STORE FOOD IN APPROVED LOCATIONS.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED A BOX OF SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS (CUPS) STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN. MUST ELEVATE AND MAINTAIN.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED A BOX OF SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS (CUPS) STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN. MUST ELEVATE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE 2ND-FLOOR MOP SINK. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE 2ND-FLOOR WOMEN'S WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE 2ND-FLOOR WOMEN'S WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. ALL EMPLOYEES WHO HANDLE/PREPARE FOOD MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. ALL EMPLOYEES WHO HANDLE/PREPARE FOOD MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Tai Chi last inspected?

Tai Chi has 5 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2020.

Tai Chi vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 January 13, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.