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Zobel Ethiopian Restaurant

July 26, 2023 · Good

😇clean

official resultGood
ratingRated Good
score52 pts
inspection typeRoutine Inspection/Field Review
failed findings8
critical findings2

Failed findings

hand hygiene slippingcritical

Official wording: 0400 - Hands washed as required
code 0400REDstatus: RED
cold food not cold enoughcritical

Official wording: 2120 - Proper cold holding temperatures; between 42 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (6 to 7 degrees Celsius (C))
code 2120REDstatus: RED
3000 - Proper thawing methods used

code 3000
3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled

code 3200
grimy wiping cloths

Official wording: 3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
code 3400
4400 - Plumbing properly sized, installed, and maintained; proper backflow devices, indirect drains, no cross-connections

code 4400
equipment grimy or busted

Official wording: 4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
code 4800
4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used

code 4900

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Good on December 30, 2022: Score changed by +22 points. 4 findings appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from Public Health — Seattle & King County. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: King County Open Data.