Marlin's Fish & Chicken

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 14, 2016
• address11858 S State St, Chicago 60628

Is Marlin's Fish & Chicken clean?

Marlin's Fish & Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 14, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Marlin's Fish & Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 14, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREA.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE DAMAGED GASKET ON 3-DOOR PREP COOLER IN FRONT PREP AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE DAMAGED GASKET ON 3-DOOR PREP COOLER IN FRONT PREP AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INTERIOR OF ALL FRYER CABINETS, SHELVES UNDER FRONT COUNTER, BASES OF DISPLAY COOLERS AND DRIP TRAY OF FROZEN DRINK MACHINE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, WASHROOM AND DISH WASHING AREAS. REPLACE ALL DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, WASHROOM AND DISH WASHING AREAS. REPLACE ALL DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN REAR DISH WASHING AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS NEAR DRIVE THRU WINDOW, GREASE RECYCLING UNIT, AND UTILTIY SINK IN REAR(SPILLS). REPLACE ALL MISSING AND DAMAGED BASEBORDS IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA. CLEAN ALL LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN WALLS NEAR DRIVE THRU WINDOW, GREASE RECYCLING UNIT, AND UTILTIY SINK IN REAR(SPILLS). REPLACE ALL MISSING AND DAMAGED BASEBORDS IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA. CLEAN ALL LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AREA.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE MISSING LIGHT SHIELD NEAR WALK-IN COOLER IN DISHWASHING AREA. REPLACE DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELD IN PREP AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR HOT WATER LEAK AT EXPOSED SINK. TIGHTEN LOOSE HOT WATER HANDLE ON SINK IN WASHROOM.

When was Marlin's Fish & Chicken last inspected?

Marlin's Fish & Chicken has 7 inspections on record going back to February 6, 2015.

Marlin's Fish & Chicken vs West Pullman

West Pullman runs 61% clean across 214 tracked restaurants — 128 clean, 37 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 214 spots Cooked tracks in West Pullman, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 November 14, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.