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Cafe Rio Mexican Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 23, 2026
- address2600 W Sahara Ave Ste 121, Las Vegas 89102
Is Cafe Rio Mexican Grill clean?
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on January 23, 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 Cafe Rio Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Handwashing (as required, when required, proper glove use, no bare hand contact of ready to eat foods). Food handler health restrictions as required.criticalHandwashing (as required, when required, proper glove use, no bare hand contact of ready to eat foods). Food handler health restrictions as required.
- ⚠️Adequate handwashing sinks stocked and accessible.Adequate handwashing sinks stocked and accessible.
When was Cafe Rio Mexican Grill last inspected?
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill has 7 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2021, averaging 6 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2026 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| January 16, 2025 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| January 18, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| April 11, 2023 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| November 1, 2022 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| May 11, 2022 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| May 6, 2021 | Grade A | 8 pts |
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill 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 9% 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 January 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.