Cooked?Tacos El Encanto @ 18005 15Th Ave Ne Shoreline 981
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score58 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJune 17, 2025 →
- address31248 Pacific Hwy S, #B, Federal Way 98003
Is Tacos El Encanto @ 18005 15Th Ave Ne Shoreline 981 clean?
Tacos El Encanto @ 18005 15Th Ave Ne Shoreline 981 is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on June 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Tacos El Encanto @ 18005 15Th Ave Ne Shoreline 981?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup off4500 - Sewage, wastewater properly disposed
- ⚠️4400 - Plumbing properly sized, installed, and maintained; proper backflow devices, indirect drains, no cross-connections
- 🍽️food left unprotected3500 - Employee cleanliness and hygiene
- ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
- 🔥hot food not kept hot enoughcritical1900 - No room temperature storage; proper use of time as a control, procedures available
When was Tacos El Encanto @ 18005 15Th Ave Ne Shoreline 981 last inspected?
Tacos El Encanto @ 18005 15Th Ave Ne Shoreline 981 has 2 inspections on record going back to December 16, 2022, averaging 49 points.
June 17, 2025 Okay
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View full inspection →Tacos El Encanto @ 18005 15Th Ave Ne Shoreline 981 vs Federal Way
Federal Way runs 93% clean across 487 tracked restaurants — 455 clean, 30 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 487 spots Cooked tracks in Federal Way, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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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Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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