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Breakaway Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2026
- address1301 Ocean Front Walk Dr Apt 3, Venice 90291
Is Breakaway Cafe clean?
Breakaway Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 26, 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 Breakaway Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
When was Breakaway Cafe last inspected?
Breakaway Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2025, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2026 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| June 11, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
Breakaway Cafe vs Venice
Venice runs 95% clean across 333 tracked restaurants — 318 clean, 12 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 333 spots Cooked tracks in Venice, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 February 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.