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Central Tavern
- ratingRated Excellent
- inspection score18 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 8, 2026
- address124 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland 98033
Is Central Tavern clean?
Central Tavern is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on April 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Central Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️3700 - In-use utensils properly stored3700 - In-use utensils properly stored
- 🍴utensils stored sketchy4200 - Food-contact surfaces maintained, cleaned, sanitized
- 🧻grimy wiping cloths3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
When was Central Tavern last inspected?
Central Tavern has 6 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2022, averaging 9 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2026 | Rated Excellent | 18 pts |
| November 20, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 0 pts |
| May 13, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 5 pts |
| January 25, 2024 | Rated Excellent | 15 pts |
| January 5, 2023 | Rated Excellent | 15 pts |
| March 10, 2022 | Rated Excellent | 0 pts |
Central Tavern vs Kirkland
Kirkland runs 96% clean across 337 tracked restaurants — 322 clean, 15 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 337 spots Cooked tracks in Kirkland, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 April 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.