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Kha-Bar

health inspection rating Β· Downtown Β· Seattle
πŸ˜‡clean
  • ratingRated Good
  • inspection score27 pts
  • critical violations1
  • last inspectedApril 23, 2026 β†’
  • address1621 12Th Ave, #102, Seattle 98122
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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 πŸ˜‡.

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.

  • πŸ› οΈequipment grimy or busted
    4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
  • 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
    4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
  • ⚠️4000 - Food and nonfood surfaces properly used and constructed; cleanable
  • ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
  • ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical
    0600 - 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 Routine Inspection/Field Review Β· 27 pts Β· 5 failed findings

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April 15, 2026 Good Educational Inspection Β· 0 pts Β· 0 failed findings

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Kha-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 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 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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