Merchants Cafe

• official resultOkay
• ratingRated Okay
• score25 pts
• inspection typeRoutine Inspection/Field Review
• failed findings6
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical
  code 0100REDstatus: RED
• 🥩raw meat handled sketchycritical
  Official wording: 1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
  code 1400REDstatus: RED
• ⚠️2300 - Proper consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foodscritical
  code 2300REDstatus: RED
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: 3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
  code 3400
• ♻️single-use stuff being reused
  Official wording: 4300 - Nonfood-contact surfaces maintained and clean
  code 4300
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  Official wording: 4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
  code 4800

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Okay on August 4, 2023: Score changed by +25 points. 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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About this record

This record comes from Public Health — Seattle & King County. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: King County Open Data.