Cooked?City Kitchen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 11, 2025 →
- address1620 26Th St Ste 1001N, Santa Monica 90404
Is City Kitchen clean?
City Kitchen is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at City Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was City Kitchen last inspected?
City Kitchen has 2 inspections on record going back to January 9, 2024, averaging 93 points.
June 11, 2025 A
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View full inspection →January 9, 2024 A
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View full inspection →City Kitchen vs West Los Angeles
West Los Angeles runs 95% clean across 539 tracked restaurants — 513 clean, 22 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 539 spots Cooked tracks in West Los Angeles, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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.
Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →
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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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