Cooked?Carrera Cafe
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score84 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 4, 2025 →
- address8251 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles 90046
Is Carrera Cafe clean?
Carrera Cafe is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 4, 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 Carrera Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
When was Carrera Cafe last inspected?
Carrera Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to March 12, 2024, averaging 91 points.
June 4, 2025 B
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View full inspection →Carrera Cafe vs City Of West Hollywood
City Of West Hollywood runs 98% clean across 409 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 5 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 409 spots Cooked tracks in City Of West Hollywood, 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 June 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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