Bobalust

• ratingRated Okay
• inspection score33 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 6, 2026 →
• address12950 Se Kent Kangley Rd, Kent 98030

Is Bobalust clean?

Bobalust is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on March 6, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bobalust?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
• ♻️single-use stuff being reused
  4300 - Nonfood-contact surfaces maintained and clean
• ⚠️3100 - Food properly labeled; proper date marking
• ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical

When was Bobalust last inspected?

Bobalust has 6 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2021, averaging 21 points.

Bobalust vs Covington

Covington runs 85% clean across 177 tracked restaurants — 150 clean, 25 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 177 spots Cooked tracks in Covington, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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