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Cafe Chapin Bakery & Rest
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 6, 2023
- address16445 Vanowen St, Van Nuys 91406
Is Cafe Chapin Bakery & Rest clean?
Cafe Chapin Bakery & Rest is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 6, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Chapin Bakery & Rest?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Cafe Chapin Bakery & Rest last inspected?
Cafe Chapin Bakery & Rest has 1 inspection on record going back to November 6, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2023 | Grade A | 93 pts |
Cafe Chapin Bakery & Rest vs Lake Balboa
Lake Balboa runs 98% clean across 173 tracked restaurants — 170 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 173 spots Cooked tracks in Lake Balboa, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.
Other spots in Lake Balboa
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 November 6, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.