Buffalo Nickel Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score91 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 11, 2025 →
• address57 Pebbly Beach Rd, Avalon 90704

Is Buffalo Nickel Restaurant clean?

Buffalo Nickel Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 11, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Buffalo Nickel Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT

When was Buffalo Nickel Restaurant last inspected?

Buffalo Nickel Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to September 11, 2023, averaging 88 points.

Buffalo Nickel Restaurant vs City Of Avalon

City Of Avalon runs 90% clean across 70 tracked restaurants — 63 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 70 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Avalon, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 October 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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