Tea Monster

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026
• address108 N State St, Chicago 60602

Is Tea Monster clean?

Tea Monster is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tea Monster?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORIGINAL PACKAGE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST ELEVATE FOOD AND PAPER PRODUCTS FROM FLOOR SIX INCHES TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST ELEVATE FOOD AND PAPER PRODUCTS FROM FLOOR SIX INCHES TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN DOOR GASKET ON 1- DOOR PREP COOLER IN FRONT PREP AREA. • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN CUTTING BOARD AT PREP COOLER TOPSIDE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP AND SPLATTER FROM COUNTER TOPS SHELVING UNITS AT SERVICE & FOOD COUNTER,PREP COOLERS,LID OF GREASE TRAP.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST SEAL HOLES IN CEILING IN REAR PREP AREA. • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR FOOD MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Tea Monster last inspected?

Tea Monster has 6 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2023.

Tea Monster vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.