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Emerald City Smoothie
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 23, 2026
- address428 Broadway E, Seattle 98102
Is Emerald City Smoothie clean?
Emerald City Smoothie is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on June 23, 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 Emerald City Smoothie?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
When was Emerald City Smoothie last inspected?
Emerald City Smoothie has 7 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2021, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2026 | Rated Okay | 12 pts |
| September 8, 2025 | Rated Okay | 30 pts |
| July 15, 2025 | Rated Okay | 28 pts |
| July 24, 2024 | Rated Okay | 35 pts |
| March 13, 2023 | Rated Okay | 5 pts |
| April 21, 2022 | Rated Okay | 2 pts |
| October 22, 2021 | Rated Okay | 15 pts |
Emerald City Smoothie vs Cascade
Cascade runs 87% clean across 313 tracked restaurants — 273 clean, 38 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 313 spots Cooked tracks in Cascade, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.