The Tea Spot

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings2
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: 2-102.14(O) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: 3-306.11 OBSERVED FOOD PREP AREA NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECTED DUE TO CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER NOT IN PLACE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR THE FOOD PREP AREA AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. • 3-305.11 OBSERVED A EXPOSED SEWER PIPE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN ENCLOSURE THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE IN ORDER TO PROTECT ANY FOODS FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  code 39

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Compared with Not Ready on July 26, 2021: 2 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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