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MERKATO MARKET
2157 QUEEN CITY AV, #1, CINCINNATI, OH
Last inspected Jun 9, 2026
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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Inspection history
Jun 9, 2026
✓Jun 5, 2026
✕1 violation
- 3.1(B) - V. Food from Approved Source - Food in Hermetically Sealed Container - Source
May 29, 2026
!1 violation
- 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
May 20, 2026
✕4 violations
- 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
- 5.1(P)(1) - Preventing a Cross Connection
- 5.1(S)(1) - Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
- 2.1(A) - I. Employee Health - Management and Personnel - Employee Health
May 5, 2026
✕3 violations
- 2.1(A) - I. Employee Health - Management and Personnel - Employee Health
- 5.1(S)(2) - Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
- 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
May 4, 2026
✕12 violations
- 3.2(M)(1) - Wiping cloths - use limitation
- 3.2(Q) - Food Storage: Preventing Contamination from the Premises
- 4.8(E)(1) - Equipment, Utensils, Linens - Storage
- 3.2(K) - In-use utensils - between-use storage
- 3.5(D)(6) - Other Forms of Information
- 3.5(C)(2)(e) - Food Labeling - Allergens
- 2.1(A) - I. Employee Health - Management and Personnel - Employee Health
- 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
- 7.1(P) - X. Chemical - Other Personal care items - Storage
- 4.6(C)(3) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Sanitizing Frequency Utensils/Food Contact Surfaces - Before Use After Cleaning
- 3.2(C)(1)(c) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- 4.4(D) - Warewashing equipment: Cleaning Frequency
Feb 24, 2026
!2 violations
- 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
- 4.2(J) - Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
Jul 16, 2025
!4 violations
- 6.2(C) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Sinks - Hand Drying Provision
- 6.1(L) - Toilet rooms - enclosed
- 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
- 6.0(A)(1)(a) - Indoor areas - surface characteristics
Jan 14, 2025
!5 violations
- 3.2(M)(2)(a) - Wiping cloths
- 2.4(A)(2) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - assignment of responsibility
- 3.4(H)(1) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
- 3.2(C)(1) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Preventing Contamination by Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- 3.2(Q) - Food Storage
Jul 12, 2024
✓May 14, 2024
✕6 violations
- 5.4(H) - Toilet room receptacle - covered
- 3.1(A)(3) - V. Food from Approved Source - Approved Sources
- 2.4(A)(2) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - assignment of responsibility
- 3.2(C)(2) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Protection from cross
- 3.2(M)(2)(a) - Wiping cloths
- 3.2(Q) - Food Storage
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