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Mariano's Fresh Market #8508

Chain

40 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661

West Loop

Dec 22, 2022 — Complaint inspection

Conditional

Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

Multiple coolers holding ready-to-eat foods at unsafe temperatures; 75 lbs of salads and prepared items discarded.

Key Findings

  • Garden salads, kale salads, caesar salads, chef salads, parfaits, and cut fruit stored in coolers ranging from 55-65°F instead of required 41°F or below. Approximately 75 lbs of food discarded.
  • Cooked eggs expired since December 2022 found in storage without proper date marking. Manager discarded 5 lbs of expired eggs.
  • Little neck clams and blue point oysters stored without required shellstock tags attached. Shellstock tags on file lacked dates of when items were sold.
  • Two coolers holding packaged salads and fruit maintained at improper temperatures of 62.9°F and 57.3°F instead of 41°F or below.

Key findings are derived directly from the inspector's notes from the Chicago Department of Public Health. See the full violation notes below.

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Violation code #22 — PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
Inspector's Notes:

OBSERVED GARDEN SALAD AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE AT 65.1F INSIDE OF COOLER. ALSO OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF COOLER. 5 PACKAGED KALE SALADS FOUND AT 64.3F, 7 PACKAGED CESAR SALADS FOUND AT 59.4F, 6 PACKAGED CHEF SALADS FOUND AT 63.3F, 5 PACKAGED MIXED BERRY SPINACH SALADS FOUND AT 56.4F, 4 PACKAGED COBB SALADS FOUND AT 60.4F, 8 PACKAGED VANILLA PARFAITS FOUND AT 60.2F, 9 PACKAGED SLICED CANTELOPE FOUND AT 60.5F AND 9 PACKAGED CUT WATERMELON FOUND AT 55.4F. PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE MUST BE AT 41.0F OR BELOW INSIDE OF A COLD HOLDING UNIT. FOOD WAS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 75 LBS AT A COST OF $200.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.

Violation code #23 — PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION
Inspector's Notes:

OBSERVED EXPIRED COOKED EGGS WITH A DATE LABELED 12/12/22. READY-TO-EAT, TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD prepared and held in a RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT for more than twenty-four (24) hours shall be clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the FOOD shall be consumed on the PREMISES, sold, or discarded when held at a temperature of 5ºC (41ºF) or less for a maximum of seven (7) days. The day of preparation shall be counted as Day 1. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED COOKED EGGS. FOOD WEIGHING 5 LBS AT A COST OF $20.00.

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Inspection History

Mariano's Fresh Market #8508 has had 25 inspections in the last 5 years with a 68% pass rate. Last inspection was on Jul 14, 2026.

Jul 14, 2026Pass

Complaint Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm complaint-related violations were fixed.

2 violations
Jul 1, 2026Fail

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

7 violations
Nov 6, 2025Pass

Complaint Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm complaint-related violations were fixed.

2 violations
Oct 29, 2025Fail

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

3 violations
Apr 2, 2025Pass

Complaint Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm complaint-related violations were fixed.

Mar 26, 2025Fail

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

3 violations
Oct 30, 2024Pass

Short Form Complaint — A shorter, targeted check prompted by a public complaint.

Sep 5, 2024Pass

Short Form Complaint — A shorter, targeted check prompted by a public complaint.

Jun 12, 2024Pass

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

5 violations
Feb 14, 2024Pass

Complaint Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm complaint-related violations were fixed.

Feb 7, 2024Fail

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

5 violations
Dec 5, 2023Pass

Complaint Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm complaint-related violations were fixed.

2 violations
Standout inspection
Nov 28, 2023Fail

Short Form Complaint — A shorter, targeted check prompted by a public complaint.

4 violations
Nov 16, 2023Pass

Short Form Complaint — A shorter, targeted check prompted by a public complaint.

Sep 26, 2023Conditional

Short Form Complaint — A shorter, targeted check prompted by a public complaint.

2 violations
Aug 11, 2023Pass

Short Form Complaint — A shorter, targeted check prompted by a public complaint.

1 violation
Jul 6, 2023Pass

Short Form Complaint — A shorter, targeted check prompted by a public complaint.

Jun 15, 2023Pass

Complaint Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm complaint-related violations were fixed.

1 violation
Standout inspection
Jun 8, 2023Fail

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

5 violations
Feb 9, 2023Pass

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

5 violations
Dec 27, 2022Pass

Canvass Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm violations from a routine visit were fixed.

1 violation
Dec 22, 2022ConditionalVIEWING NOW

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

5 violations
Aug 18, 2022Pass

Canvass Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm violations from a routine visit were fixed.

3 violations
Aug 8, 2022Fail

Canvass Re-Inspection — A follow-up to confirm violations from a routine visit were fixed.

4 violations
Standout inspection
Aug 1, 2022Fail

Complaint — Triggered by a public complaint about this restaurant.

11 violations