Banana Leaf Indian Restaurant

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score85 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 7, 2023
• address6159 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys 91401

Is Banana Leaf Indian Restaurant clean?

Banana Leaf Indian Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 7, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Banana Leaf Indian Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 7, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  # 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
  # 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN

When was Banana Leaf Indian Restaurant last inspected?

Banana Leaf Indian Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to December 7, 2023, averaging 85 points.

Banana Leaf Indian Restaurant vs Valley Glen

Valley Glen runs 97% clean across 471 tracked restaurants — 458 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 471 spots Cooked tracks in Valley Glen, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

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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 December 7, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.