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Bun And Mi
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 30, 2025
- address1004 Montana Ave, Santa Monica 90403
Is Bun And Mi clean?
Bun And Mi is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 30, 2025. 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 Bun And Mi?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🍗undercooked food risk# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Bun And Mi last inspected?
Bun And Mi has 2 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2024, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| February 14, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Bun And Mi vs City Of Santa Monica
City Of Santa Monica runs 95% clean across 628 tracked restaurants — 598 clean, 25 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 628 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Santa Monica, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 June 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.