• ratingRated Excellent
• inspection score0 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 27, 2026 →
• address21449 Pacific Hwy S, Des Moines 98198

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Is Highland Shell clean?

Highland Shell is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on February 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Highland Shell?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Highland Shell last inspected?

Highland Shell has 10 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2022, averaging 20 points.

Highland Shell vs Des Moines

Des Moines runs 90% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 15 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Des Moines, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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.

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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 February 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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