Cooked?
Blackstar Kebab (Kc938)
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score35 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 2, 2025
- address10836 E Marginal Way S, Tukwila 98168
Is Blackstar Kebab (Kc938) clean?
Blackstar Kebab (Kc938) is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on October 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Blackstar Kebab (Kc938)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- 🧻grimy wiping cloths3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
- ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exempt
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
- ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
When was Blackstar Kebab (Kc938) last inspected?
Blackstar Kebab (Kc938) has 5 inspections on record going back to October 9, 2021, averaging 31 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2025 | Rated Okay | 35 pts |
| May 18, 2024 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
| July 27, 2023 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
| June 17, 2023 | Rated Okay | 85 pts |
| October 9, 2021 | Rated Okay | 35 pts |
Blackstar Kebab (Kc938) vs Rainier Valley
Rainier Valley runs 78% clean across 238 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 50 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 238 spots Cooked tracks in Rainier Valley, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.
Other spots in Rainier Valley
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 October 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.