Taqueria Sotelo @ 828 Rainer Ave S. Seattle

• ratingRated Good
• inspection score22 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 30, 2026 →
• address2908 E Cherry St, Seattle 98122

Is Taqueria Sotelo @ 828 Rainer Ave S. Seattle clean?

Taqueria Sotelo @ 828 Rainer Ave S. Seattle is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on April 30, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria Sotelo @ 828 Rainer Ave S. Seattle?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
• ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical

When was Taqueria Sotelo @ 828 Rainer Ave S. Seattle last inspected?

Taqueria Sotelo @ 828 Rainer Ave S. Seattle has 9 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2021, averaging 13 points.

Taqueria Sotelo @ 828 Rainer Ave S. Seattle vs Central Area

Central Area runs 93% clean across 195 tracked restaurants — 181 clean, 14 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 195 spots Cooked tracks in Central Area, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 April 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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