• ratingRated Good
• inspection score7 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 27, 2026 →
• address928 Nw Leary Way, 102, Seattle 98107

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Is Maria Luisa Empanadas clean?

Maria Luisa Empanadas is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on May 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 Maria Luisa Empanadas?

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

• ⚠️5000 - Posting of permit; mobile establishment name easily visible
• ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical

When was Maria Luisa Empanadas last inspected?

Maria Luisa Empanadas has 4 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2024, averaging 8 points.

Maria Luisa Empanadas vs Ballard

Ballard runs 95% clean across 354 tracked restaurants — 335 clean, 19 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 354 spots Cooked tracks in Ballard, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 May 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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