Cafe On The Ave

• official resultOkay
• ratingRated Okay
• score48 pts
• inspection typeRoutine Inspection/Field Review
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: 0400 - Hands washed as required
  code 0400REDstatus: RED
• 🧊cold food not cold enoughcritical
  Official wording: 2120 - Proper cold holding temperatures; between 42 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (6 to 7 degrees Celsius (C))
  code 2120REDstatus: RED
• ⚠️3000 - Proper thawing methods used
  code 3000
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: 3300 - Potential food contamination prevented during delivery, preparation, storage, display
  code 3300
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: 3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
  code 3400
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: 4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
  code 4100

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Okay on September 16, 2021: Score changed by +28 points. 6 findings appeared for the first time. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from Public Health — Seattle & King County. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: King County Open Data.