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El Salvador Pupuseria Tita's
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score50 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedJune 2, 2026
- address26026 Pacific Hwy S, Kent 98032
Is El Salvador Pupuseria Tita's clean?
El Salvador Pupuseria Tita's is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on June 2, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Salvador Pupuseria Tita's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
- ♨️leftovers reheated sketchycritical2200 - Accurate thermometer provided and used to evaluate temperature of TCS foods
- 🔥hot food not kept hot enoughcritical1900 - No room temperature storage; proper use of time as a control, procedures available
- ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exempt
- 🥩raw meat handled sketchycritical1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
When was El Salvador Pupuseria Tita's last inspected?
El Salvador Pupuseria Tita's has 8 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2023, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2026 | Rated Good | 50 pts |
| May 20, 2026 | Rated Good | 50 pts |
| May 7, 2026 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| November 10, 2025 | Rated Good | 25 pts |
| March 26, 2025 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| October 9, 2024 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| April 3, 2024 | Rated Good | 25 pts |
| October 26, 2023 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
El Salvador Pupuseria Tita's 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 1% 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 June 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.