Restaurant in Auburn closed by King County for poor conditions

Happy Crab Buffet in Auburn was closed on Feb 18th due to excessive critical violations including but not limited to:

1. Inadequate handwashing facilities to allow for proper hand washing

2. Inadequate documentation of parasite destruction procedures for raw fish products.

3. Improper storage of raw foods to prevent cross contamination Improper procedures for cooling cooked food quickly

4. Improper hot holding temperatures for food

5. Room temperature storage of food that must be refrigerated for safety

6. Improper cold holding temperatures for food

You can look up previous restaurant closures here (a lot of them are just unpermitted stands being shut down): https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/health-safety/food-safety/food-establishment-closures