Buffalo Nickel Restaurant

• official resultB
• gradeGrade B
• score80 pts
• inspection typeROUTINE INSPECTION
• failed findings9
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical
  Official wording: # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
  code F0074 points
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
  code F0134 points
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
  code F0142 points
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside
  Official wording: # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
  code F0232 points
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
  code F0271 point
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  code F0361 point
• 🚻bathroom issues
  Official wording: # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
  code F0431 point
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  code F0522 points
• ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
  code F0543 points

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on September 11, 2023: Score changed by -12 points. 6 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: LA County Open Data.