Mariano's Fresh Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 4, 2024
• address3350 N Western Ave, Chicago 60618
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Mariano's Fresh Market clean?

Mariano's Fresh Market is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 4, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mariano's Fresh Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS IN BUTCHER COOLERS. ALL COOLERS MUST HAVE CONSPICUOUS THERMOMETERS THAT ARE EASY TO READ AND PLACED IN THE WARMEST PART OF THE COOLER. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN THERMOMETERS WITHIN COOLERS.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL DRY GOODS INCLUDING NUTS AND SPICES NEED TO BE LABELED AT SUSHI STATION.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS STORED ALONG WALL IN REAR HALLWAY BEHIND MILK COOLERS DIRECTLY UNDER WASTWATER PIPES. ALL FOOD AND FOOD RELATED ITEMS MAY NOT BE STORED DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER PIPES.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS STORED ALONG WALL IN REAR HALLWAY BEHIND MILK COOLERS DIRECTLY UNDER WASTWATER PIPES. ALL FOOD AND FOOD RELATED ITEMS MAY NOT BE STORED DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER PIPES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN SEAFOOD AREA. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON WATER INTAKE LINE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Mariano's Fresh Market last inspected?

Mariano's Fresh Market has 3 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2023.

Mariano's Fresh Market vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in North Center

• ✓ Mariano's Fresh Market
  clean · January 4, 2024
• ✓ Ph - Hi Cafe
  clean · June 3, 2025
• ✓ Mixteco
  clean · May 7, 2025
• ✓ Levant Coffee
  clean · February 3, 2025
• ✓ Vosges
  clean · September 4, 2024
• ✓! Cloud 9 Nutrition
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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 January 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.