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TEAPOTBREW BAKERY, LLC

1802 S WABASH AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60616 · Bakery

Inspection summary

TEAPOTBREW BAKERY, LLC has been inspected 7 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since September 25, 2018. The most recent inspection, on December 30, 2025, found no infractions.

3 of 7 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 0 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Handwashing and staff hygiene and Protecting food from contamination.

Recent inspections have recorded more infractions than earlier ones, so it is worth reading the latest reports closely.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 7 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on October 23, 2024. For example: WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & USED; TEST STRIPS

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded 6 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on October 23, 2024. For example: PERSONAL CLEANLINESS

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on October 23, 2024. For example: CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on October 16, 2024. For example: INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT

  • Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk

    Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.

    Recorded 10 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on October 23, 2024. For example: TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

7 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass Re-Inspection

    9 infractions

    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • 3-305.11: OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS IN THE DISPLAY NOT COVERED. INSTRUCTED TO COVER THE FOOD ITEMS ON DISPLAY WINDOW TO PREVENT FROM POSSIBLE CONTAIMINATION.
    • 40. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
      • 2-402.11: OBSERVED THE FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • 4-201.11: OBSERVED CHIPPED, PLASTIC LIDS ON THE FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH EGGS AND COFFEE BEANS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LIDS TO PREVENT CONTAINATING ITEMS.
    • 48. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & USED; TEST STRIPS
      • 4-301.12: OBSERVED THE FACILITY MISSING TWO SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-601.11(C): OBSERVED THE SHELVES UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLES WITH SLIGHT DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • 4-601.11(B): OBSERVED THE INTERIOR WALLS AND THE PANEL ABOVE THE ICE INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO EMPTY ICE FROM BIN AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
    • 53. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED
      • 5-501.17: OBSERVED THE GENDER-NEUTRAL TOILET ROOM WITH NO LID ON THE RECEPTACLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-201.12: OBSEVRED A SMALL OPENING IN THE LOWER WALL ON THE SIDE OF THE COLD HOLDING UNIT UNDER THE SERVICE COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OPENING IN ORDER TO PREVENT POTENTIAL HARBORAGE POINTS FOR PEST.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • 6-501.13: OBSERVED SLIGHT DEBRIS ON THE FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  3. Canvass

    11 infractions

    • 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE
      • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH THE ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE, DURING THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WITH A VALID ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE, WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED
    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS AND APPROXIMATELY 5 FLIES ON SITE. MICE DROPPINGS WERE OBSERVED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN THE BINS WITH THE BOTTLE OF FLAVORED SYRUPS, IN THE LOWER OPENINGS UNDER THE FRONT SERVICE COUNTER, ON THE TUPPERWARE LID AND SHELVES UNDER THE REAR FOOD PREP TABLES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA, ON THE FLOORS UNDER THE SHELVES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA, ON THE FLOOR IN THE MOP SINK CLOSET AND IN THE TOILET ROOM. THE FLIES WERE OBSERVED IN THE DINING AREA AND THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE MICE DROPPINGS AND MINIMIZE FLY ACTIVITY, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL FOR A SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A), CITATION ISSUED
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS IN THE DISPLAY NOT COVERED. INSTRUCTED TO COVER THE FOOD ITEMS ON DISPLAY WINDOW TO PREVENT FROM POSSIBLE CONTAIMINATION.
    • 40. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
      • OBSERVED THE FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • OBSERVED CHIPPED LIDS ON THE FOOD STORGAE CONTAINERS WITH EGGS AND COFFEE BEANS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LIDS TO PREVENT CONTAINATING ITEMS.
    • 48. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & USED; TEST STRIPS
      • OBSERVED THE FACILITY MISSING TWO SINK STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVED THE SHELVES UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLES WITH SLIGHT DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR WALLS AND THE PANEL ABOVE THE ICE INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO EMPTY ICE FROM BIN AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
    • 53. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED
      • OBSERVED THE GENDER-NEUTRAL TOILET ROOM WITH NO LID ON THE RECEPTABLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSAL OF FEMININE PRODUCTS.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSEVRED A SMALL OPENING IN THE LOWER WALL ON THE SIDE OF THE COLD HOLDING UNIT UNDER THE SERVICE COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OPENING IN ORDER TO PREVENT POTENTIAL HARBORAGE POINTS FOR PEST.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED SLIGHT DEBRIS ON THE FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  4. Complaint

    4 infractions

    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • CAN OPENER ON SITE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN OVEN, PREP TABLES, MIXER AND 3 COMP SINK TO REMOVE ALL DEBRIS.
    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • LEAK AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET LEAKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD ALONG WALL BASES AND FLOOR DRAINS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  5. Complaint

    0 infractions

  6. License Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  7. License

    11 infractions

    • 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE
      • MANAGER MUST PROVIDE CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
    • 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING
      • MUST PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NO CITATION ISSUED
    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • MUST PROVIDE POLICY FOR CLEAN UP FOR DIARRHEA AND VOMIT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NO CITATION ISSUED
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • MUST PROVIDE SOAP IN TOILET ROOM TO WASH HANDS INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • MUST PROVIDE HAND DRYING DEVICE IN TOILET ROOM. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE.
    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • DOORS IN NEED OF RODENT PROOFING. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • SNEEZE GUARD NEEDED AT FRONT COFFEE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL
    • 50. HOT & COLD WATER AVAILABLE; ADEQUATE PRESSURE
      • NO HOT WATER ON SITE. GAS HAS NOT BEEN TURNED ON CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • BACK FLOW PREVENTORE MUST BE PRESENT ON ICE MACHINE INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
    • 57. ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING
      • ALL EMPLOYEES MUST HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.

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