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Safeway # 1993 - Grocery
- inspection score15 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 7, 2026
- address2201 E Madison St, Seattle 98112
Is Safeway # 1993 - Grocery clean?
Safeway # 1993 - Grocery is currently mid from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on April 7, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Safeway # 1993 - Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️4400 - Plumbing properly sized, installed, and maintained; proper backflow devices, indirect drains, no cross-connections4400 - Plumbing properly sized, installed, and maintained; proper backflow devices, indirect drains, no cross-connections
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
When was Safeway # 1993 - Grocery last inspected?
Safeway # 1993 - Grocery has 6 inspections on record going back to June 4, 2021, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 15 pts |
| January 13, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| January 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| August 28, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| June 2, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 10 pts |
| June 4, 2021 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
Safeway # 1993 - Grocery 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 10% 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 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.