Travelin Tom's Coffee Of Norwood Park

• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedOctober 31, 2023
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Travelin Tom's Coffee Of Norwood Park clean?

Travelin Tom's Coffee Of Norwood Park is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Travelin Tom's Coffee Of Norwood Park?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • PIC IN CHARGE WITHOUT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE OR PROOF OF RECIPROCITY. INSTD TO OBTAIN AND PROVIDE.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • PIC IN CHARGE WITHOUT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE OR PROOF OF RECIPROCITY. INSTD TO OBTAIN AND PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • MISSING EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTD TO PRIVDE A VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN ON VEHICLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • MISSING SUPPLIES AND PROCEDURE FOR CLEAN UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INADEQUATE HOT RUNNING WATER AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK, 106.0F. INSTD TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 110F AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MISSING FOOD TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE. INSTD TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ON VEHICLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • MISSING PEST CONTROL LOGBOOK AND PROOF OF SERVICE. INSTD TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ON VEHICLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(C)

When was Travelin Tom's Coffee Of Norwood Park last inspected?

Travelin Tom's Coffee Of Norwood Park has 1 inspection on record going back to October 31, 2023.

Travelin Tom's Coffee Of Norwood Park 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 13% 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 October 31, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.