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Pho Lam
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score18 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 18, 2024
- address320 E Meeker St, 106, Kent 98030
Is Pho Lam clean?
Pho Lam is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on April 18, 2024. 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 Pho Lam?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️3700 - In-use utensils properly stored3700 - In-use utensils properly stored
- ⚠️3100 - Food properly labeled; proper date marking3100 - Food properly labeled; proper date marking
- 🧻grimy wiping cloths3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
- ⚠️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 Pho Lam last inspected?
Pho Lam has 4 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2021, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 18, 2024 | Rated Good | 18 pts |
| March 28, 2023 | Rated Good | 28 pts |
| November 17, 2022 | Rated Good | 43 pts |
| July 26, 2021 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
Pho Lam vs Kent
Kent runs 78% clean across 360 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 74 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 360 spots Cooked tracks in Kent, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 April 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.