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Ballard Snack Shack
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026
- address6759 15Th Ave Nw, Seattle 98117
Is Ballard Snack Shack clean?
Ballard Snack Shack is currently mid from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on February 17, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Ballard Snack Shack?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
When was Ballard Snack Shack last inspected?
Ballard Snack Shack has 2 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2025, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 10 pts |
| January 24, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
Ballard Snack Shack vs Ballard
Ballard runs 95% clean across 353 tracked restaurants — 335 clean, 18 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 353 spots Cooked tracks in Ballard, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.
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How Seattle grades restaurants
Public Health — Seattle & King County posts a word, not a letter: Excellent, Good, Okay, or Needs To Improve. The rating is deliberately not a snapshot — it averages the establishment’s recent routine inspections, so one bad day does not sink a consistently clean kitchen and one good day does not rescue a bad one. Inspectors score violations in red points for things that directly cause foodborne illness and blue points for everything else; around 45 red points triggers a mandatory re-inspection. Newly opened or recently changed spots can show as Not Rated until enough inspections accumulate.
Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.