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La Malinche
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score0 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address26028 Pacific Hwy S, Kent 98032
Is La Malinche clean?
La Malinche is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Malinche?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was La Malinche last inspected?
La Malinche has 8 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2023, averaging 4 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| May 4, 2026 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| July 9, 2025 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| February 14, 2025 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| October 9, 2024 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| April 3, 2024 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| October 18, 2023 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| March 13, 2023 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
La Malinche vs Des Moines
Des Moines runs 90% clean across 164 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 15 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 164 spots Cooked tracks in Des Moines, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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.
Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.