Mar Ice Cream

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 4, 2017
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Mar Ice Cream clean?

Mar Ice Cream is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 4, 2017. 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 Mar Ice Cream?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Source Sound Condition, No Spoilage, Foods Properly Labeled, Shellfish Tags In Place • NO COMMISSARY AGREEMENT PROVIDED BY THE MANAGER STATING WHERE THE TRUCK WILL BE SERVICED AND STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. MUST PROVIDE A SIGNED COMMISSARY AGREEMENT FROM CHICAGO SMOKE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005B.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Dish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock • MUST PROVIDE THE PROPER CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS FOR THE SANITIZER THAT IS BEING USED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • LICENSE NUMBER NOT DISPLAYED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK. MUST DISPLAY LICENSE NUMBER ON BOTH LATERAL SIDES OF THE TRUCK.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • LICENSE NUMBER NOT DISPLAYED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK. MUST DISPLAY LICENSE NUMBER ON BOTH LATERAL SIDES OF THE TRUCK.

When was Mar Ice Cream last inspected?

Mar Ice Cream has 6 inspections on record going back to June 26, 2013.

Mar Ice Cream 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 14% 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 4, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.