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Blackstone Market/Mercat
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 18, 2026
- address636 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60605
Is Blackstone Market/Mercat clean?
Blackstone Market/Mercat is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Blackstone Market/Mercat?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN RUBBER GASKET ON DRAWER OF REACH IN COOLER ACCROSS FROM STOVE IN RESTAURANT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SLOW LEAK AT SHUTOFF VALVE UNDER HANDSINK ACROSS FROM STOVE IN RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN TILE BY 2ND FLOOR ELEVATOR IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Blackstone Market/Mercat last inspected?
Blackstone Market/Mercat has 13 inspections on record going back to June 28, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 8, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 2, 2021 | — | |
| August 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 7, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 5, 2018 | Pass |
Blackstone Market/Mercat vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 February 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.