Public Health’s food safety rating system is expanding! Here’s what to expect.

December 16, 2024.Reading time 4 minutes.

As 2025 approaches, we have great news for food lovers across King County. Public Health’s popular food safety rating system – the green smiley face signs in restaurant windows – is expanding to include more food businesses.

Public Health Receives National Recognition for Innovation in Pandemic Response

June 9, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Two Public Health – Seattle & King County teams are receiving national recognition for their innovative contributions to the COVID-19 pandemic response. The National Association of City and County Health Officials granted a Bronze Innovative Practice Award to Public Health’s Safe Start for Taverns and Restaurants team, and another to Public Health’s Assessment, Policy Development and Evaluation unit for its work on the economic, social and overall health impacts data dashboard.

A famed Seattle restaurant seeks a recipe for survival

August 13, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Edouardo Jordan is the winner of a prestigious James Beard award and owner of two of Seattle’s most celebrated restaurants. But fame and glory can’t immunize his business from COVID-19. Every restaurant, from the most humble burger shack to the fanciest fine dining establishment, is vulnerable to economic fallout from the virus.

Food safety rating on a curve: How it’s done and why it matters

January 22, 2017.Reading time 11 minutes.

We recently launched our first-of-its kind food safety rating system, and we look forward to rolling it out over the course of the next year. One unique component of our approach to providing residents with easy-to-use signage is our adoption of a rating “curve,” or adjustment of ratings by zip code. This new system has raised questions among some […]

With the new year comes a new way to rate food safety: A Q&A with Becky Elias and Damarys Espinoza

December 19, 2016.Reading time 13 minutes.

We’ve been hard at work developing a new food safety rating system that gives King County residents the information they need to remain safe while eating out. Restaurants will now receive one of four food safety ratings that will be posted on restaurant window signs.