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Makeda Coffee
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 9, 2026
- address153 N 78Th St, Seattle 98103
Is Makeda Coffee clean?
Makeda Coffee is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on July 9, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Makeda Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ♻️single-use stuff being reused4300 - Nonfood-contact surfaces maintained and clean
- ☠️toxic items stored near food3300 - Potential food contamination prevented during delivery, preparation, storage, display
- ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
- ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exempt
When was Makeda Coffee last inspected?
Makeda Coffee has 7 inspections on record going back to July 9, 2021, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 9, 2026 | Rated Okay | 23 pts |
| May 29, 2025 | Rated Okay | 30 pts |
| September 13, 2024 | Rated Okay | 45 pts |
| August 16, 2023 | Rated Okay | 9 pts |
| October 11, 2022 | Rated Okay | 16 pts |
| August 9, 2022 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
| July 9, 2021 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
Makeda Coffee vs Ballard
Ballard runs 95% clean across 353 tracked restaurants — 335 clean, 18 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 353 spots Cooked tracks in Ballard, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 July 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.