Dan's Belltown Grocery
2221 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
The official rating comes from Public Health – Seattle & King County, which looks at the trend of the last few routine inspections, so it can differ from the BiteKarma score. The BiteKarma score works the same way in every city we cover.
At a glance
- Keeps coming up: Food worker cards current for all food workers; new food workers trained, cited 2 times.
- #14 in Seattle's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 0 of 2 graded inspections since 2025.
- Last inspected Jan 2, 2026: failed with 9 violations, 7 critical.
- 8 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 3 visits
- 2026
- Visit Jun 9
Educational Inspection
- Failed Jan 2
Routine Inspection
9 violations, 7 critical
- Critical Food worker cards current for all food workers; new food workers trained
- Critical PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exempt
- Critical Adequate handwashing facilities
- Critical Proper hot holding temperatures; less than 130°F (54°C)
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45°F (7°C)
- Critical Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
- Critical Accurate thermometer provided and used to evaluate temperature of TCS foods
- Minor Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
- Minor Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
- 2025
- Failed Mar 5
Routine Inspection
1 violation, 1 critical
- Critical Food worker cards current for all food workers; new food workers trained
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