• gradeGrade A
• inspection score8 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 5, 2026 →
• address9002 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas 89117

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Is Cafe Rio Sahara clean?

Cafe Rio Sahara is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on October 5, 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 Sahara?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️TCS food thawed and cooled using proper methods. Fruits and vegetables washed prior to preparation or service.
• ⚠️TCS food at proper temperatures.critical

When was Cafe Rio Sahara last inspected?

Cafe Rio Sahara has 10 inspections on record going back to April 1, 2021, averaging 7 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Cafe Rio Sahara vs Las Vegas

Las Vegas runs 99% clean across 12,103 tracked restaurants — 11,353 clean, 38 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 12,103 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) via SNHD Restaurant Inspections. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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