Athena Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 6, 2026
• address212 S Halsted St, Chicago 60661

Is Athena Restaurant clean?

Athena Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Athena Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED GAP GREATER THAN 1/4" BETWEEN REAR EXTERIOR DOOR (NEAR OUTDOOR WASTE ENCLOSURE) AND DOOR FRAME. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE REAR EXTERIOR DOOR TO ELIMINATE GAP AND MAINTAIN ALL OUTER OPENINGS ADEQUATELY PROTECTED FROM ENTRY OF PESTS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED OPEN FOOD (TOMATOES, POTATOES) DIRECTLY NEXT TO HANDWASHING SINK AT THE MAIN GRILL LINE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD OR OTHER MEASURE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF OPEN FOOD FROM SPLASH OR SPILLAGE AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED OPEN FOOD (TOMATOES, POTATOES) DIRECTLY NEXT TO HANDWASHING SINK AT THE MAIN GRILL LINE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD OR OTHER MEASURE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF OPEN FOOD FROM SPLASH OR SPILLAGE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT THE REAR WAREWASHING AREA UTILITY SINK FAUCET IN POOR REPAIR, MISSING CAP BUT FUNCTIONAL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE UTILITY SINK BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN GOOD REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED STAINLESS STEEL FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER IN POOR REPAIR, LIFTING OR BUCKLING IN SOME AREAS WITH GAPS PRESENT BETWEEN PANELS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE WALK-IN FREEZER FLOOR TO ELIMINATE GAPS AND MAINTAIN ALL PHYSICAL FACILITIES IN GOOD REPAIR.

When was Athena Restaurant last inspected?

Athena Restaurant has 18 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Athena Restaurant vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 May 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.