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Java Junction
- ratingRated Excellent
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 24, 2026
- address201 E James St, Kent 98032
Is Java Junction clean?
Java Junction is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on April 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Java Junction?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping cloths3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
When was Java Junction last inspected?
Java Junction has 5 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2022, averaging 2 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2026 | Rated Excellent | 5 pts |
| August 27, 2024 | Rated Excellent | 0 pts |
| July 23, 2024 | Rated Excellent | 0 pts |
| April 4, 2023 | Rated Excellent | 5 pts |
| May 13, 2022 | Rated Excellent | 0 pts |
Java Junction vs Kent
Kent runs 78% clean across 360 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 74 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 360 spots Cooked tracks in Kent, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.
Other spots in Kent
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 April 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.