Cooked?Black Cow Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 28, 2026 →
- address2219 Honolulu Ave, Montrose 91020
Is Black Cow Cafe clean?
Black Cow Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 28, 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 Black Cow Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SUSPEND
When was Black Cow Cafe last inspected?
Black Cow Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2023, averaging 90 points.
May 28, 2026 A
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View full inspection →October 31, 2025 A
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View full inspection →October 17, 2025 B
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View full inspection →August 27, 2024 A
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View full inspection →July 20, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Black Cow Cafe vs La Crescenta-Montrose
La Crescenta-Montrose runs 99% clean across 196 tracked restaurants — 194 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 196 spots Cooked tracks in La Crescenta-Montrose, 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.
Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →
Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 May 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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