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Cafe Istanbul
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score82 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 17, 2025
- address326 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills 90212
Is Cafe Istanbul clean?
Cafe Istanbul is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Istanbul?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- ☠️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
- 🍽️food left unprotected# 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🚰handwashing sink issues# 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
When was Cafe Istanbul last inspected?
Cafe Istanbul has 3 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2023, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2025 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| March 5, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| August 23, 2023 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Cafe Istanbul vs Lennox
Lennox runs 99% clean across 312 tracked restaurants — 309 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 312 spots Cooked tracks in Lennox, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in Lennox
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 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.