Marathon

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 22, 2011
• address5230 S Western Ave, Chicago 60609
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Marathon clean?

Marathon is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 22, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Marathon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Use dustless cleaning methods. The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. MUST CLEAN OR PAINT WALLS NOT CLEAN IN CUSTOMER WASHROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Use dustless cleaning methods. The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. MUST CLEAN OR PAINT WALLS NOT CLEAN IN CUSTOMER WASHROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.VENTILATION FAN NOT WORKING IN EMPLOYEES WASHROOM,MUST REPAIR. ALSO PIPE UNDER HAND SINK IN CUSTOMER WASHROOM,MUST REPAIR.

When was Marathon last inspected?

Marathon has 2 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2011.

Marathon vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 22, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.