Fat Sal's

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 29, 2024 →
• address1300 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles 90028

Is Fat Sal's clean?

Fat Sal's is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fat Sal's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2024, 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
• ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE

When was Fat Sal's last inspected?

Fat Sal's has 3 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2023, averaging 95 points.

Fat Sal's 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 23% 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 October 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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