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Cafe At The End Of The Universe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address2800 E Observatory Ave, Los Angeles 90027
Is Cafe At The End Of The Universe clean?
Cafe At The End Of The Universe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 20, 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 Cafe At The End Of The Universe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
When was Cafe At The End Of The Universe last inspected?
Cafe At The End Of The Universe has 3 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2024, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| January 28, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| April 10, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
Cafe At The End Of The Universe vs Los Feliz
Los Feliz runs 100% clean across 50 tracked restaurants — 50 clean, 0 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 50 spots Cooked tracks in Los Feliz, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.