The Octopus Bar

• ratingRated Excellent
• inspection score0 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 5, 2026 →
• address2121 N 45Th St, Seattle 98103

Is The Octopus Bar clean?

The Octopus Bar is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on January 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Octopus Bar?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was The Octopus Bar last inspected?

The Octopus Bar has 6 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2021, averaging 2 points.

The Octopus Bar vs North Central

North Central runs 97% clean across 220 tracked restaurants — 213 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 220 spots Cooked tracks in North Central, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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.

Read the Seattle ratings guide →

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 January 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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