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Taqueria El Rinconsito
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 19, 2026
- address2002 S 320Th St, Federal Way 98003
Is Taqueria El Rinconsito clean?
Taqueria El Rinconsito is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on May 19, 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 Taqueria El Rinconsito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️3700 - In-use utensils properly stored3700 - In-use utensils properly stored
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
When was Taqueria El Rinconsito last inspected?
Taqueria El Rinconsito has 6 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | Rated Good | 13 pts |
| February 23, 2026 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| August 27, 2025 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| May 27, 2025 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| May 21, 2024 | Rated Good | 3 pts |
| December 4, 2023 | Rated Good | 8 pts |
Taqueria El Rinconsito vs Federal Way
Federal Way runs 94% clean across 484 tracked restaurants — 453 clean, 29 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 484 spots Cooked tracks in Federal Way, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 May 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.