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Dear Bella Creamery
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score98 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2025
- address1253 N Vine St # 12, Los Angeles 90038
Is Dear Bella Creamery clean?
Dear Bella Creamery is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 26, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dear Bella Creamery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was Dear Bella Creamery last inspected?
Dear Bella Creamery has 2 inspections on record going back to September 12, 2023, averaging 97 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2025 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| September 12, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Dear Bella Creamery vs Melrose
Melrose runs 98% clean across 653 tracked restaurants — 637 clean, 13 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 653 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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.
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 February 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.