Themart Conference

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2024
• address222 W Merchandise Mart Plz, Chicago 60654

Is Themart Conference clean?

Themart Conference is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Themart Conference?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINKS IN MEN AND WOMEN'S WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO POST HADNWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES AND HANDWASHING SIGNAGE SHALL BE CLEARLY VISIBLE TO FOOD EMPLOYEES.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS IN HOT HOLDING UNITS IN PREP AREA AND IN SMALL COLD HOLDING UNITS IN FRONT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN ALL HOT AND COLD HOLDING UNITS THAT ARE LOCATED TO ALLOW EASY VIEWING OF THE DEVICE'S TEMPERATURE DISPLAY.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED UTENSILS STORED IN BINS NOT COVERED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT OR COVER ALL CLEAN UTENSILS DURING STORAGE.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED UTENSILS STORED IN BINS NOT COVERED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT OR COVER ALL CLEAN UTENSILS DURING STORAGE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION ON ICE MACHINE IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE IN KITCHEN SO IT SHALL BE LOCATED SO THAT IT MAY BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.

When was Themart Conference last inspected?

Themart Conference has 1 inspection on record going back to September 3, 2024.

Themart Conference 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 56% 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 September 3, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.