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Merkato Mart And Bakery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 8, 2026
- address1127 Harrison Av, Roxbury 02119
Is Merkato Mart And Bakery clean?
Merkato Mart And Bakery is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Merkato Mart And Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Clearly label all bulk food storage bins to properly identify the contents b nm Clearly label all bulk food storage bins to properly identify the contents b nmFood Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Clearly label all bulk food storage bins to properly identify the contents b nm Clearly label all bulk food storage bins to properly identify the contents b nm
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Set up properlyWiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Set up properly
- ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Ensure all baked goods packaged for retail sale have a suffitient list of ingredients that it containsFood Labels (Pf) • Ensure all baked goods packaged for retail sale have a suffitient list of ingredients that it contains
- ⚠️Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Discontinue allowing pets / non service animals inside the facility - post signage on the front door " Service Animals Only " No pets allowedProhibiting Animals (Pf) • Discontinue allowing pets / non service animals inside the facility - post signage on the front door " Service Animals Only " No pets allowed
When was Merkato Mart And Bakery last inspected?
Merkato Mart And Bakery has 5 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 4, 2024 | Pass |
Merkato Mart And Bakery vs South End
South End runs 80% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 489 clean, 61 mid, 65 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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.