Urban Market

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 29, 2025
• address10 S Dearborn St, Chicago 60603

Is Urban Market clean?

Urban Market is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 29, 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 Urban Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 29, 2025, 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 SINK IN WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN LOWER LEVEL 1. INSTRUCTED TO POST CLEARLY VISIBLE SIGNAGE THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES. • OBSERVED EYE WASH STATION ATTACHED TO FAUCET OF HANDWASHING SINK IN CATERING PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE EYE WASH STATION FAUCET ATTACHEMENT FROM HANDWASHING SINK IN CATERING PREP AREA, HANDWASHING SINKS MAY NOT BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN HANDWASHING. CORRECTED ON SITE EYE WASH STATION ATTACHED TO FAUCET OF HANDWASHING SINKS IN CATERING PREP AREA REMOVED BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(c) NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED COLD TCS FOODS, HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 49.8-56.7F. OBSERVED COLD TCS FOODS, CHICKEN(50.2F), HEAVY CREAM(56.7F), GREEK YOGURT(49.8-52.0F), PORK(55.0F), CHEESE(52.2F) AND SHRIMP(51.3F) HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED ALL COLD TCS FOOD MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW. CORRECTED ON SITE MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED FOOD VALUED AT $109 WEIGHING 24LBS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED ONE DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN PRIVATE BANQUET PREP AREA AT IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 50.7F. INSTRUCTED ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 41F OR BELOW. HELD FOR INSPECTION TAG PLACED ON ONE DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN PRIVATE BANQUET PREP AREA. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED WATER SPLASHING ONTO CLEAN EQUIPMENT ON SHELVES WHILE WASHING HANDS AT HANDWASHING SINK IN HALLWAY WITH CLEAN EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE OF DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO EITHER MOVE SHELVES OR INSTALL RIGHT SIDE SPLASH GUARD ON HANDWASHING SINK IN HALLWAY WITH CLEAN EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE OF DISHWASHING AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED WATER SPLASHING ONTO CLEAN EQUIPMENT ON SHELVES WHILE WASHING HANDS AT HANDWASHING SINK IN HALLWAY WITH CLEAN EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE OF DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO EITHER MOVE SHELVES OR INSTALL RIGHT SIDE SPLASH GUARD ON HANDWASHING SINK IN HALLWAY WITH CLEAN EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE OF DISHWASHING AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CRATES USED THROUGHOUT FACILITY FOR ELEVATION OF FOOD AND NONFOOD ITEMS, IN AREAS SUCH AS WALK IN COOLERS, FREEZER AND DRY STORAGE IN LOWER LEVEL 1. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD AND NONFOOD ITEMS AT LEAST SIX INCHES OFF OF FLOOR FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH WASH AND SANITIZER COMPARTMENTS OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ALL LEAKS UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON CEILING TO THE RIGHT OF HOOD ABOVE LARGE KETTLES IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PEELING PAINT FROM CEILING TO THE RIGHT OF HOOD ABOVE LARGE KETTLES IN REAR PREP AREA AND SMOOTHLY REPAIR CEILING AND REPAINT IN SAID AREA FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.

When was Urban Market last inspected?

Urban Market has 19 inspections on record going back to February 9, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Urban Market 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 50% 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 July 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.