Katsu Burger & Bar

• ratingRated Good
• inspection score22 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2026 →
• address1410 12Th Ave, Seattle 98122

Is Katsu Burger & Bar clean?

Katsu Burger & Bar is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on August 27, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Katsu Burger & Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️3100 - Food properly labeled; proper date marking
• ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
• ♻️single-use stuff being reused
  4300 - Nonfood-contact surfaces maintained and clean
• ⚠️4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
• 🧊cold food not cold enoughcritical
  2120 - Proper cold holding temperatures; between 42 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (6 to 7 degrees Celsius (C))

When was Katsu Burger & Bar last inspected?

Katsu Burger & Bar has 9 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2022, averaging 19 points.

Katsu Burger & Bar vs Downtown

Downtown runs 91% clean across 1,737 tracked restaurants — 1,581 clean, 148 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 1,737 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.

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

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