Cooked?Books & Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 12, 2023 →
- address3760 Centinela Ave, Los Angeles 90066
Is Books & Cafe clean?
Books & Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 12, 2023. 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 Books & Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 12, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical# 08. TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
When was Books & Cafe last inspected?
Books & Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to September 12, 2023, averaging 94 points.
September 12, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Books & Cafe vs Mar Vista
Mar Vista runs 98% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 147 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in Mar Vista, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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.
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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 September 12, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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