Central Kitchen

• ratingGrade pending
• inspection score5 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 30, 2026 →
• address2445 3Rd Ave S, Seattle 98134

Is Central Kitchen clean?

Seattle currently lists Central Kitchen as grade pending, following an inspection on July 30, 2026 that scored 5 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Central Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enoughcritical
  2120 - Proper cold holding temperatures; between 42 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (6 to 7 degrees Celsius (C))

When was Central Kitchen last inspected?

Central Kitchen has 18 inspections on record going back to July 11, 2023, averaging 1 points. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Central Kitchen vs Greater Duwamish

Greater Duwamish runs 88% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 130 clean, 15 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Duwamish, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in Greater Duwamish

• GD Shaan & Sharun Inc
  clean · July 22, 2026
• GD Orient Express Restaurant & Lounge
  clean · May 28, 2026
• GD Bys Drive In
  clean · March 10, 2026
• EX Chelan Restaurant
  clean · July 7, 2026
• EX Alibertos Jr Fresh Mexican Food
  clean · June 10, 2026
• EX Denny's #8665
  clean · March 11, 2026

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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.

Read the Seattle ratings guide →

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 July 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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