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Bys Drive In
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score38 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMarch 10, 2026
- address2901 4Th Ave S, Seattle 98134
Is Bys Drive In clean?
Bys Drive In is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on March 10, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bys Drive In?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
- ⚠️3800 - Utensils, equipment, linens properly stored, used, handled3800 - Utensils, equipment, linens properly stored, used, handled
- ⚠️4000 - Food and nonfood surfaces properly used and constructed; cleanable4000 - Food and nonfood surfaces properly used and constructed; cleanable
- ⚠️1720 - Proper hot holding temperatures; between 130 to 134 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 to 56 degrees Celsius (C))critical1720 - Proper hot holding temperatures; between 130 to 134 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 to 56 degrees Celsius (C))
- ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
- ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
When was Bys Drive In last inspected?
Bys Drive In has 7 inspections on record going back to April 1, 2022, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2026 | Rated Good | 38 pts |
| February 24, 2025 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| August 20, 2024 | Rated Good | 23 pts |
| January 4, 2024 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| June 7, 2023 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| January 25, 2023 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| April 1, 2022 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
Bys Drive In vs Greater Duwamish
Greater Duwamish runs 90% clean across 146 tracked restaurants — 132 clean, 12 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 146 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Duwamish, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.
Other spots in Greater Duwamish
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 March 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.