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Dave's Hot Chicken
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score3 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 21, 2026
- address9040 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas 89117
Is Dave's Hot Chicken clean?
Dave's Hot Chicken is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on May 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dave's Hot Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 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.
- ⚠️Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.
When was Dave's Hot Chicken last inspected?
Dave's Hot Chicken has 9 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2021, averaging 4 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| October 1, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| July 18, 2024 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| November 20, 2023 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| May 30, 2023 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| May 12, 2023 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| January 23, 2023 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| August 23, 2022 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| July 26, 2021 | Grade A | 0 pts |
Dave's Hot Chicken vs Las Vegas
Las Vegas runs 99% clean across 12,050 tracked restaurants — 11,124 clean, 107 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 12,050 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 May 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.