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CAFE SELAM

2715 E CHERRY ST, #B, Seattle, WA 98122

Last inspected Sep 29, 2026

Official source: Public Health — Seattle & King County (kingcounty.gov) · All data sources

Good. A solid result with some violations on record — more than the top band allows, usually corrected on site or at a follow-up.

B
Good

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The record, in plain English

CleanPlate holds 14 inspections on record for CAFE SELAM, spanning February 2021 to September 2026 — every one straight from Public Health — Seattle & King County.

It has held good across its last two inspections.

The most recent inspection noted 6 violations, none of them critical.

Every sentence above is computed directly from the official record — CleanPlate adds no opinions. How our grading works →

Inspection history

  1. Sep 29, 2026

    B
    6 violations
    • 4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
    • 4300 - Nonfood-contact surfaces maintained and clean
    • 4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
    • 3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
    • 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
    • 1100 - Proper disposition of returned, unsafe, or contaminated food; proper date marking procedures for food at high risk for Listeria
  2. Feb 12, 2026

    B
    2 violations
    • 4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
    • 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
  3. Dec 23, 2025

    B
  4. May 19, 2025

    B
    5 violations
    • 4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
    • 3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
    • 4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
    • 4400 - Plumbing properly sized, installed, and maintained; proper backflow devices, indirect drains, no cross-connections
    • 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
  5. Jan 6, 2025

    B
    3 violations
    • 4000 - Food and nonfood surfaces properly used and constructed; cleanable
    • 4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
    • 4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
  6. Jun 3, 2024

    B
    2 violations
    • 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
    • 1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
  7. Feb 6, 2024

    B
    4 violations
    • 3300 - Potential food contamination prevented during delivery, preparation, storage, display
    • 3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
    • 0500 - Proper barriers used to prevent bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods
    • 1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
  8. Dec 4, 2023

    B
  9. Nov 20, 2023

    B
    4 violations
    • 0400 - Hands washed as required
    • 2200 - Accurate thermometer provided and used to evaluate temperature of TCS foods
    • 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
    • 2120 - Proper cold holding temperatures; between 42 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (6 to 7 degrees Celsius (C))
  10. Jun 12, 2023

    B
    2 violations
    • 3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
    • 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
  11. Dec 8, 2022

    B
    2 violations
    • 4200 - Food-contact surfaces maintained, cleaned, sanitized
    • 1900 - No room temperature storage; proper use of time as a control, procedures available
  12. Feb 2, 2022

    B
    1 violation
    • 1900 - No room temperature storage; proper use of time as a control, procedures available
  13. Feb 8, 2021

    B
  14. Feb 3, 2021

    B
    3 violations
    • 3900 - Single-use and single-service articles properly stored, used
    • 0200 - Food Worker Cards current for all food workers; new food workers trained
    • 0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities

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Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County (kingcounty.gov). Data shown unmodified from the official government record. CleanPlate is an independent service, not affiliated with any government agency. See something wrong? Report a data issue.