Te'amo Boba Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 15, 2024
• address600 E Grand Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Te'amo Boba Bar clean?

Te'amo Boba Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 15, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Te'amo Boba Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PLASTIC SINGLE-USE CUP USED AS A SCOOP IN DRY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER IN THE REAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE SINGLE-USE CUP AND REPLACE WITH MULTI-USE UTENSIL WITH A HANDLE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PLASTIC SINGLE-USE CUP USED AS A SCOOP IN DRY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER IN THE REAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE SINGLE-USE CUP AND REPLACE WITH MULTI-USE UTENSIL WITH A HANDLE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES (INTERIOR CAVITY/INTERIOR DOOR SURFACES) OF STAINLESS STEEL CABINET IN FRONT PREP AREA TO BE SOILED WITH POTABLE WATER AND RUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO DRAIN STOPPERS PRESENT ON-SITE FOR USE DURING WAREWASHING AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE DRAIN STOPPER IN GOOD REPAIR FOR EACH BASIN OF THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES FOR USE IN WAREWASHING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR OF WALK-IN COOLER SOILED WITH CONDENSATE WATER AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS OF WALK-IN COOLER AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.

When was Te'amo Boba Bar last inspected?

Te'amo Boba Bar has 3 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2023.

Te'amo Boba Bar vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.