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The Bob
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 16, 2026
- address4131 University Way Ne, Seattle 98105
Is The Bob clean?
The Bob is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on January 16, 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 The Bob?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️3700 - In-use utensils properly stored3700 - In-use utensils properly stored
- ⚠️1720 - Proper hot holding temperatures; between 130 to 134 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 to 56 degrees Celsius (C))critical1720 - Proper hot holding temperatures; between 130 to 134 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 to 56 degrees Celsius (C))
When was The Bob last inspected?
The Bob has 8 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2021, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2026 | Rated Good | 8 pts |
| January 2, 2026 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| March 11, 2025 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| July 9, 2024 | Rated Good | 20 pts |
| January 10, 2024 | Rated Good | 13 pts |
| June 6, 2023 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| October 25, 2021 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| October 4, 2021 | Rated Good | 50 pts |
The Bob vs University District
University District runs 88% clean across 326 tracked restaurants — 286 clean, 39 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 326 spots Cooked tracks in University District, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 January 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.