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Bequest Coffee Co
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 3, 2026
- address2200 E Madison St, B, Seattle 98112
Is Bequest Coffee Co clean?
Bequest Coffee Co is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on February 3, 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 Bequest Coffee Co?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️5100 - Food safety rating placard is not posted or visible5100 - Food safety rating placard is not posted or visible
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughcritical2120 - Proper cold holding temperatures; between 42 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (6 to 7 degrees Celsius (C))
When was Bequest Coffee Co last inspected?
Bequest Coffee Co has 6 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2023, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 3, 2026 | Rated Okay | 5 pts |
| February 18, 2025 | Rated Okay | 5 pts |
| January 27, 2025 | Rated Okay | 15 pts |
| January 13, 2025 | Rated Okay | 40 pts |
| July 25, 2024 | Rated Okay | 35 pts |
| April 27, 2023 | Rated Okay | 5 pts |
Bequest Coffee Co vs Central Area
Central Area runs 93% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 180 clean, 14 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in Central Area, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.