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Fernando's Bar
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score81 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 31, 2025
- address3230 S Central Ave, Los Angeles 90011
Is Fernando's Bar clean?
Fernando's Bar is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 31, 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 Fernando's Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧹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 Fernando's Bar last inspected?
Fernando's Bar has 2 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2023, averaging 88 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | Grade B | 81 pts |
| September 29, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Fernando's Bar vs Vernon Central
Vernon Central runs 90% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 20 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Vernon Central, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 July 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.