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Waterfront Cafe
- ratingRated Excellent
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 22, 2026
- address22307 Dock Ave S, Des Moines 98198
Is Waterfront Cafe clean?
Waterfront Cafe is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on May 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Waterfront Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
- ⚠️5000 - Posting of permit; mobile establishment name easily visible5000 - Posting of permit; mobile establishment name easily visible
When was Waterfront Cafe last inspected?
Waterfront Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2025, averaging 4 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | Rated Excellent | 7 pts |
| July 28, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 0 pts |
Waterfront Cafe 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 May 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.