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H.O.W Pot
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score17 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 12, 2025
- address221 5Th Ave S, Seattle 98104
Is H.O.W Pot clean?
H.O.W Pot is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on August 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at H.O.W Pot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️5000 - Posting of permit; mobile establishment name easily visible5000 - Posting of permit; mobile establishment name easily visible
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
- ⚠️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
When was H.O.W Pot last inspected?
H.O.W Pot has 5 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2024, averaging 33 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2025 | Rated Okay | 17 pts |
| March 26, 2025 | Rated Okay | 10 pts |
| March 4, 2025 | Rated Okay | 35 pts |
| February 7, 2025 | Rated Okay | 78 pts |
| December 18, 2024 | Rated Okay | 25 pts |
H.O.W Pot vs Downtown
Downtown runs 91% clean across 1,707 tracked restaurants — 1,561 clean, 139 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 1,707 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 August 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.