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Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 12, 2026
- address2801 E Cherry St, Seattle 98122
Is Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant clean?
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on February 12, 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 Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
- ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
- ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
When was Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant last inspected?
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2022, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2026 | Rated Good | 22 pts |
| August 29, 2025 | Rated Good | 25 pts |
| February 28, 2025 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
| May 21, 2024 | Rated Good | 32 pts |
| February 6, 2024 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| October 31, 2023 | Rated Good | 20 pts |
| January 31, 2023 | Rated Good | 17 pts |
| September 8, 2022 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant vs Central Area
Central Area runs 93% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 180 clean, 14 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in Central Area, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 February 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.