• ratingRated Good
• inspection score0 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026 →
• address5433 Ballard Ave Nw, Seattle 98107

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Is Sunset Tavern clean?

Sunset Tavern is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on January 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sunset Tavern?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Sunset Tavern last inspected?

Sunset Tavern has 5 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2022, averaging 5 points.

Sunset Tavern 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 43% 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 January 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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