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Balboa Market Meat Dept
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2025
- address7613 Balboa Blvd, Van Nuys 91406
Is Balboa Market Meat Dept clean?
Balboa Market Meat Dept is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Balboa Market Meat Dept?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
When was Balboa Market Meat Dept last inspected?
Balboa Market Meat Dept has 2 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2024, averaging 97 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| February 26, 2024 | Grade A | 99 pts |
Balboa Market Meat Dept vs Lake Balboa
Lake Balboa runs 98% clean across 173 tracked restaurants — 170 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 173 spots Cooked tracks in Lake Balboa, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.
Other spots in Lake Balboa
How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.