Marathon

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 28, 2020
• address101-111 N Western Ave, Chicago 60612
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Marathon clean?

Marathon is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2020. 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 Marathon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES OR PROCEDURES ONSITE FOR VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND POST PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005 PLEASE PROVIDE SUPPLIES FOR NEXT INSPECTION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND STAINED CEILING TILES ON THE SALES FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE. ALSO, MUST PAINT WOOD STORAGE SHELVES ADJACENT TO STAFF TOILET ROOMS, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH NON-POROUS AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MAINTAIN ALL. • FOUND EXCESSIVE CLUTTER THROUGHOUT FACILITY, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE OR ORGANIZE CLUTTER AND MAINTAIN.

When was Marathon last inspected?

Marathon has 6 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2011.

Marathon vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

Other spots in East Garfield Park

• ✓ Hakuna Matata
  clean · May 19, 2014
• ✓ Taylor Prepared Foods, Inc
  clean · December 5, 2011
• ✓ Marathon
  clean · May 24, 2023
• ✕ West Side Dollar & Food
  cooked · December 2, 2013
• ✓ Ocean Fish & Famaous Wings Inc.
  clean · March 1, 2012
• ✓ Poppin Panini's
  clean · February 28, 2012

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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 28, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.