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Merkato Mart & Bakery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 29, 2024
- address1127 Harrison Av, Roxbury 02119
Is Merkato Mart & Bakery clean?
Merkato Mart & Bakery is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Merkato Mart & Bakery?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Merkato Mart & Bakery last inspected?
Merkato Mart & Bakery has 11 inspections on record going back to June 8, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| February 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 30, 2022 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2021 | — |
Merkato Mart & Bakery vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.