Market Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2024
• address300 N La Salle St, Chicago 60654

Is Market Cafe clean?

Market Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 19, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Market Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE POSTED IN MEN OR WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO POST CLEARLY VISIBLE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES. • 5-202.12 (A): UPON REINSPECTION ON 12/19/2024 OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINKS IN MEN AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS NOT REPAIRED, OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINKS AT IMPROPER MINIMUM WATER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 70.5-95.5F. INSTRUCTED A HANDWASHING SINK SHALL BE EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 100F THROUGH A MIXING VALVE OR COMBINATION FAUCET. CORRECTED ON SITE FACILITY REPAIRED HANDWASHING SINKS IN MEN AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE WASHROOM BEFORE CONCLUSION OF REINSPECTION, OBSERVED PROPER MINIMUM WATER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 101.3-108.1F AFTER REPAIR. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C)CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12: OBSERVED BLACK BUILDUP ON INTERIOR OF UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF UTILITY SINK AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP ON WALK IN FREEZER FLOOR EASTSIDE WALL AND ON CONDENSOR LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE BUILDUP FROM CONDENSOR LINE AND WALK IN FREEZER FLOOR AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.11: OBSERVED MISSING PIECE OF WALL ABOVE WALK IN COOLER DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPLACE MISSING AREA OF WALL ABOVE WALK IN COOLER DOOR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED BLACK BUILDUP ON SOUTHSIDE WALL BEHIND RINSE SINK NEAR DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAID WALL BEHIND RINSE SINK AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.114: OBSERVED EYEWASH ATTACHED TO HANDWASHING SINK IN REAR PREP AREA(NEAR SWINGING DOOR). INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE EYEWASH ATTACHMENTS AND SMOOTHLY SEAL HOLES FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.

When was Market Cafe last inspected?

Market Cafe has 22 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Market Cafe vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 December 19, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.