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Big Al's Oyster Bar - Food
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 7, 2026
- address4500 W Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas 89103
Is Big Al's Oyster Bar - Food clean?
Big Al's Oyster Bar - Food is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on May 7, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Big Al's Oyster Bar - Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️TCS food at proper temperatures.criticalTCS food at proper temperatures.
- ⚠️Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.
When was Big Al's Oyster Bar - Food last inspected?
Big Al's Oyster Bar - Food has 12 inspections on record going back to May 27, 2021, averaging 9 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| April 30, 2026 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| June 30, 2025 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| June 26, 2025 | Grade B | 16 pts |
| September 27, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| April 9, 2024 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| March 19, 2024 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| May 25, 2023 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| January 17, 2023 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| January 12, 2023 | Grade B | 18 pts |
| March 25, 2022 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| May 27, 2021 | Grade A | 5 pts |
Big Al's Oyster Bar - Food vs Las Vegas
Las Vegas runs 99% clean across 12,052 tracked restaurants — 11,118 clean, 117 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 12,052 spots Cooked tracks in Las Vegas, this one comes out cleaner than 35% of them.
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How Las Vegas grades restaurants
The Southern Nevada Health District grades on demerits, and here more is worse: roughly 0–10 demerits earns an A, 11–20 a B, and 21 or more a C. Serious problems can skip the ladder entirely — an imminent health hazard gets the permit suspended and the kitchen shut on the spot, which shows up as a closure rather than a letter. SNHD covers all of Clark County, so Henderson, North Las Vegas and the unincorporated Strip all run the same scheme. Cooked reads A as clean, B as mid, C or a closure as cooked.
Source: Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) via SNHD Restaurant Inspections. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.