Cooked?Blue Ox Tavern
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score3 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 30, 2026
- address5825 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas 89146
Is Blue Ox Tavern clean?
Blue Ox Tavern is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on June 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Blue Ox Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food contact surfaces of equipment properly cleaned and sanitized. Sanitizer solution provided and maintained as required.Food contact surfaces of equipment properly cleaned and sanitized. Sanitizer solution provided and maintained as required.
- ⚠️Nonfood contact surfaces and equipment properly constructed, installed, maintained, and clean.Nonfood contact surfaces and equipment properly constructed, installed, maintained, and clean.
- ⚠️Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.
When was Blue Ox Tavern last inspected?
Blue Ox Tavern has 6 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2021, averaging 3 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| April 4, 2025 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| January 3, 2024 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| March 15, 2023 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| June 20, 2022 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| March 24, 2021 | Grade A | 3 pts |
Blue Ox Tavern vs Las Vegas
Las Vegas runs 99% clean across 12,052 tracked restaurants — 11,117 clean, 120 mid, 29 cooked.
Against the 12,052 spots Cooked tracks in Las Vegas, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 June 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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