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Shell Madison Express Lane
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 27, 2026
- address1701 E Madison St, Seattle 98122
Is Shell Madison Express Lane clean?
Shell Madison Express Lane is currently clean from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on March 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Shell Madison Express Lane?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️2900 - Adequate equipment for temperature control2900 - Adequate equipment for temperature control
When was Shell Madison Express Lane last inspected?
Shell Madison Express Lane has 7 inspections on record going back to February 24, 2021, averaging 1 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 27, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| March 17, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| March 11, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| September 26, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| August 29, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| December 10, 2021 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| February 24, 2021 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
Shell Madison Express Lane 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 32% 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 March 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.