Tsaocaa Tea

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-501.111 OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF LIVE RODENT ACTIVITY IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. OBSERVED ABOUT 30 RODENT DROPPINGS IN THE REAR CORNER BY THE UTILITY SINK, ABOUT 30 RODENT DROPPINGS UNDER A TABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PREP AREA BY THE TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR, ABOUT 10 RODENT DROPPINGS LOCATED BY THE DRY STORAGE AREA BY THE TOILET ROOMS AND ABOUT 15 RODENT DROPPINGS IN THE CLOSET BY THE HOT WATER HEATER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL FOR A SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED REFRIGERATOR DOOR HANDLES WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-204.12 UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE ICE MACHINE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11 OBSERVED A MISSING AND STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. • 6-501.12 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD GREASE AND DIRT DEBRIS BEHIND AND UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REFRIGERATION UNITS, AND UNDER PREP TABLES AND BY THE FRONT CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. • 6-501.114 OBSERVED ITEMS BEING STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE HOT WATER HEATER CLOSET. OBSERVED FRONT CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA WITH UNNECESSARY ITEMS AND NEEDS TO BE ORGANIZED. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE EVERY THING AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR AND REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 16, 2019: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.