A year ago Zesto’s was shut down by the health department. They had six red (critical) violations that included, “food in poor condition, not safe and adulterated; unapproved additives” and improper hot and cold holding temperatures. In fact, the Seattle PI wrote that the burger joint had the most health and safety violations in the city for 2007.

During their most recent inspection earlier this month, they received zero red violations and just three blue violations, which easily passes the health inspection. The report said Zesto’s could continue to improve its food handling and storage, but the inspection yielded a much-improved score — and the first since February 2007 without a red violation.