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Viva Mexico Iii
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 15, 2026
- address26015 Pacific Hwy S, Des Moines 98198
Is Viva Mexico Iii clean?
Viva Mexico Iii is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on April 15, 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 Viva Mexico Iii?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exempt
When was Viva Mexico Iii last inspected?
Viva Mexico Iii has 7 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2022, averaging 5 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| September 24, 2025 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
| January 7, 2025 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| September 30, 2024 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| January 18, 2024 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| April 10, 2023 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
| August 15, 2022 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
Viva Mexico Iii vs Des Moines
Des Moines runs 90% clean across 164 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 15 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 164 spots Cooked tracks in Des Moines, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.