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Cafe On The Ave
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score0 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 4, 2026
- address4201 University Way Ne, Seattle 98105
Is Cafe On The Ave clean?
Cafe On The Ave is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on February 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cafe On The Ave?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Cafe On The Ave last inspected?
Cafe On The Ave has 9 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2021, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2026 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
| December 19, 2025 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
| December 4, 2025 | Rated Okay | 93 pts |
| May 9, 2025 | Rated Okay | 30 pts |
| November 5, 2024 | Rated Okay | 20 pts |
| June 18, 2024 | Rated Okay | 33 pts |
| December 20, 2023 | Rated Okay | 8 pts |
| April 28, 2022 | Rated Okay | 48 pts |
| September 16, 2021 | Rated Okay | 20 pts |
Cafe On The Ave 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 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 February 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.