• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 9, 2026 →
• address1741 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica 90405

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Is Cafe Bolivar clean?

Cafe Bolivar is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Bolivar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
• ⚠️PROPER COOLING METHODS
• ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE

When was Cafe Bolivar last inspected?

Cafe Bolivar has 4 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2023, averaging 94 points.

Cafe Bolivar 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 23% 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 February 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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