Takara Japanese Restaurant
3740 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050
Passed re-check · Aug 19, 2026 Directions
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How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 7 of 8 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Aug 19, 2026: passed with 4 violations.
- Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 6 times, plus 14 other repeat issues.
- #3 in Marathon's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 8 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 8 visits
- 2026
- Passed Aug 19
Callback Reinspection
4 violations
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
- Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Passed Jun 16
Routine Inspection
14 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
- Minor Approved source
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Lighting provided as required; fixtures shielded or bulbs protected
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Garbage and refuse; premises maintained
- Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
- Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Failed Jun 16
Callback Reinspection
7 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Lighting provided as required; fixtures shielded or bulbs protected
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- 2025
- Passed Dec 9
Routine Inspection
11 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Lighting provided as required; fixtures shielded or bulbs protected
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Cleaning and maintenance equipment
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
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