Calikale Cafe

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score82 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2024 →
• address13321 Burbank Blvd Unit C, Van Nuys 91401

Is Calikale Cafe clean?

Calikale Cafe is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 23, 2024. 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 Calikale Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED

When was Calikale Cafe last inspected?

Calikale Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to December 22, 2023, averaging 90 points.

Calikale Cafe vs Valley Glen

Valley Glen runs 97% clean across 471 tracked restaurants — 458 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 471 spots Cooked tracks in Valley Glen, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 September 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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