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Bottleneck Lounge
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score0 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 4, 2026
- address2328 E Madison St, Seattle 98112
Is Bottleneck Lounge clean?
Bottleneck Lounge is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on June 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Bottleneck Lounge?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Bottleneck Lounge last inspected?
Bottleneck Lounge has 4 inspections on record going back to December 21, 2023, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2026 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
| July 10, 2025 | Rated Okay | 15 pts |
| July 25, 2024 | Rated Okay | 5 pts |
| December 21, 2023 | Rated Okay | 12 pts |
Bottleneck Lounge 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 48% 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 June 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.