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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 used4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
- ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2026 | Rated Good | 22 pts |
| November 19, 2025 | Rated Good | 7 pts |
| May 19, 2025 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
| June 3, 2024 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| January 10, 2024 | Rated Good | 30 pts |
| March 1, 2023 | Rated Good | 25 pts |
| October 18, 2022 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| August 2, 2021 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
| June 25, 2021 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
Taqueria Sotelo @ 828 Rainer Ave S. Seattle 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 5% 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 April 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.