South Loop Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 11, 2025
• address235 W Van Buren St, Chicago 60607
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is South Loop Market clean?

South Loop Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2025. 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 South Loop Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES ON THE PREMISES TO RESPOND TO A VOMIT OR DIARRHEAL EVENT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED NO INGREDIENT LABELS PROVIDED ON PACKAGED PASTRIES, DESSERTS, SALADS AND SANDWICHES IN THE DISPLAY COOLERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE INGREDIENT LABELS ON ALL PREPACKAGED PRODUCTS IN THE DISPLAY COOLERS.

When was South Loop Market last inspected?

South Loop Market has 16 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

South Loop Market vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 50% of them.

Other spots in Loop

• ✓ South Loop Market
  clean · November 8, 2011
• ✓! M Burger
  cooked · September 20, 2018
• ✕ 312 Urban Wheat Ale
  cooked · August 18, 2011
• ✕ 312 Urban Wheat Ale
  cooked · August 18, 2011
• ✓ Potbelly Sandwich Works
  clean · January 21, 2026
• ✓ Pret A Manger
  cooked · January 3, 2019

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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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.