Cooked?Circo Circo Mexican Restaurant
mid
A raised eyebrow.
The current published rating reads mid. Read the dated record before deciding.
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score30 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 4, 2026 →
- address25440 Pacific Hwy S, Suite 204A, Kent 98032
Is Circo Circo Mexican Restaurant clean?
Circo Circo Mexican Restaurant is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on September 4, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Circo Circo Mexican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ☠️toxic items stored near food3300 - Potential food contamination prevented during delivery, preparation, storage, display
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical0400 - Hands washed as required
When was Circo Circo Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Circo Circo Mexican Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to September 4, 2026, averaging 30 points.
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September 4, 2026 Okay
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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.
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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 September 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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