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Blue Heron Cafe Inc.
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 9, 2026
- address4001 Gilman Ave W, Seattle 98199
Is Blue Heron Cafe Inc. clean?
Blue Heron Cafe Inc. is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on January 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Blue Heron Cafe Inc.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ☠️toxic items stored near food3300 - Potential food contamination prevented during delivery, preparation, storage, display
When was Blue Heron Cafe Inc. last inspected?
Blue Heron Cafe Inc. has 7 inspections on record going back to November 7, 2022, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2026 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| September 8, 2025 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| February 21, 2025 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
| June 6, 2024 | Rated Good | 20 pts |
| February 9, 2024 | Rated Good | 30 pts |
| May 2, 2023 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| November 7, 2022 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
Blue Heron Cafe Inc. 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 29% 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 January 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.