A King County, WA, food inspector shut down five food stands at Seattle’s Alki Beach on Saturday for operating without a valid permit.
Each was ordered to stop serving food and drinks until they secure a mobile food services permit which is required for all food stands and food trucks.
Alki Beach is a long beach strip that runs roughly from 64th Place SW to Duwamish Head on Elliott Bay.
Seattle & King County Public Health is one of the largest metropolitan health departments in the United States with 1,400 employees, 40 sites, and a biennial budget of $686 million. The department serves a resident population of nearly 2.2 million people in an environment of great complexity and scale, with 19 acute care hospitals and over 7,000 medical professionals.
Restaurants closed before July 24 for health code violations are found on Public Health’s page for food establishment closures in King County.
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