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Bobalust
- ratingRated Excellent
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 3, 2026
- address4553 University Way Ne, Seattle 98105
Is Bobalust clean?
Bobalust is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on February 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bobalust?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2026, 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
When was Bobalust last inspected?
Bobalust has 7 inspections on record going back to August 17, 2022, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 3, 2026 | Rated Excellent | 5 pts |
| August 12, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 5 pts |
| March 13, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 5 pts |
| August 13, 2024 | Rated Excellent | 10 pts |
| February 7, 2024 | Rated Excellent | 0 pts |
| July 12, 2023 | Rated Excellent | 15 pts |
| August 17, 2022 | Rated Excellent | 15 pts |
Bobalust vs University District
University District runs 88% clean across 326 tracked restaurants — 286 clean, 39 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 326 spots Cooked tracks in University District, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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.