Te'amo Boba Bar

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 29, 2024 →
• address520 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Te'amo Boba Bar clean?

Te'amo Boba Bar is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 29, 2024. 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 Te'amo Boba Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Te'amo Boba Bar last inspected?

Te'amo Boba Bar has 5 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2020.

Te'amo Boba Bar vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 85% clean across 1,813 tracked restaurants — 1,534 clean, 250 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,813 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 August 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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