Kha-Bar
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 23, 2026 β
- address1621 12Th Ave, #102, Seattle 98122
Is Kha-Bar clean?
Kha-Bar is currently Rated Good from Public Health β Seattle & King County, from an inspection on April 23, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation β the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π.
What did inspectors find at Kha-Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- π οΈequipment grimy or busted4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
- π§½surfaces not properly sanitized4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
- β οΈ4000 - Food and nonfood surfaces properly used and constructed; cleanable
- β οΈ3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- βfood from an unapproved sourcecritical0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
When was Kha-Bar last inspected?
Kha-Bar has 2 inspections on record going back to April 15, 2026, averaging 14 points.
April 23, 2026 Good
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View full inspection βApril 15, 2026 Good
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View full inspection βKha-Bar vs Downtown
Downtown runs 91% clean across 1,737 tracked restaurants β 1,581 clean, 148 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 1,737 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.
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How Seattle grades restaurants
Public Health β Seattle & King County posts a word, not a letter: Excellent, Good, Okay, or Needs To Improve. The rating is deliberately not a snapshot β it averages the establishmentβs 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 authorityβs 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 β Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily β this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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