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Black Market Liquor Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 4, 2026
- address11915 Ventura Blvd, Studio City 91604
Is Black Market Liquor Bar clean?
Black Market Liquor Bar is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 4, 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 Market Liquor Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTSPERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
When was Black Market Liquor Bar last inspected?
Black Market Liquor Bar has 3 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| September 5, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| October 3, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Black Market Liquor Bar vs Studio City
Studio City runs 98% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 162 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Studio City, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 May 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.