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Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 11, 2024
- address1615 Ocean Front Walk, Santa Monica 90401
Is Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe clean?
Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2024. 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 Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe last inspected?
Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to June 11, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe vs City Of Santa Monica
City Of Santa Monica runs 95% clean across 628 tracked restaurants — 598 clean, 25 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 628 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Santa Monica, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.
Other spots in City Of Santa Monica
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 June 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.