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Mezza
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 11, 2026
- address222 W Merchandise Mart Plz, Chicago 60654
Is Mezza clean?
Mezza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 11, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Mezza?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 11, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Mezza last inspected?
Mezza has 19 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 21, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 16, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 26, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 3, 2021 | — | |
| March 6, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 15, 2017 | Pass |
Mezza vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 May 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.