The Tea Post

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 5, 2019
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Dispenser

Is The Tea Post clean?

The Tea Post is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 5, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at The Tea Post?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 5, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY WHERE ALL FOOD/CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN REPORTING ANY ILLNESSES INCURRED THAT IS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED CUSTOM BUILT ICE DISPENSER WITH ICE AGITATOR. INSTD TO PROVIDE SPECIFICATION SHEETS THAT ALL MATERIALS ARE FOOD GRADE. MISSING DISPENSERS FOR SINGLE SERVICE CUPS. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINER. PRIORITY 7-38-005.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FRESH WATER STORAGE TANK NOT SELF DRAINING. INSTD TO CORRECT. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • LIQUID WASTE RETENTION TANK WITH DRAIN LINE LOCATED INSIDE OF VEHICLE. INSTD TO LOCATED IN A SEPARATE AREA FROM THE FOOD STORAGE/ FOOD CONTACT SURFACES. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRIP TRAY FOR ICE CHUTE AND TEA DISPENSERS PROPERLY CONNECTED TO WASTE RETENTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • LIQUID WASTE RETENTION TANK WITH DRAIN LINE LOCATED INSIDE OF VEHICLE. INSTD TO LOCATED IN A SEPARATE AREA FROM THE FOOD STORAGE/ FOOD CONTACT SURFACES. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRIP TRAY FOR ICE CHUTE AND TEA DISPENSERS PROPERLY CONNECTED TO WASTE RETENTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030.

When was The Tea Post last inspected?

The Tea Post has 2 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2019.

The Tea Post vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 June 5, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.