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Des Moines Snack Shack
- ratingRated Excellent
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 13, 2025
- address25205 8Th Pl S, Des Moines 98198
Is Des Moines Snack Shack clean?
Des Moines Snack Shack is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on November 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Des Moines Snack Shack?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup off4500 - Sewage, wastewater properly disposed
- ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
When was Des Moines Snack Shack last inspected?
Des Moines Snack Shack has 3 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2021, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 12 pts |
| May 23, 2024 | Rated Excellent | 5 pts |
| August 23, 2021 | Rated Excellent | 8 pts |
Des Moines Snack Shack vs Des Moines
Des Moines runs 90% clean across 164 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 15 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 164 spots Cooked tracks in Des Moines, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 November 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.