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Big Star Mariscos
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 29, 2025
- address543-551 N Ogden Ave, Chicago 60642
Is Big Star Mariscos clean?
Big Star Mariscos is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 29, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Big Star Mariscos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW VALID PROOF OF TRAINING.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW VALID PROOF OF TRAINING.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT A VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST SHOW VALID PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING.
When was Big Star Mariscos last inspected?
Big Star Mariscos has 26 inspections on record going back to September 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 3, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| April 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 7, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2019 | — | |
| December 10, 2018 | — | |
| October 11, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 21, 2016 | Pass |
Big Star Mariscos vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.