Cooked?Drake's
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score97 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 16, 2025 →
- address8747 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood 90069
Is Drake's clean?
Drake's is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Drake's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was Drake's last inspected?
Drake's has 3 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2023, averaging 96 points.
May 16, 2025 A
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View full inspection →June 26, 2024 A
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View full inspection →October 19, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Drake's vs Carthay
Carthay runs 98% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Carthay, this one comes out cleaner than 56% 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 May 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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