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Gelson's Market #16
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 4, 2025
- address4520 Van Nuys Blvd, Sherman Oaks 91403
Is Gelson's Market #16 clean?
Gelson's Market #16 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 4, 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 Gelson's Market #16?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Gelson's Market #16 last inspected?
Gelson's Market #16 has 3 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2024, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2025 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| March 10, 2025 | Grade A | 99 pts |
| May 10, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
Gelson's Market #16 vs Sherman Oaks
Sherman Oaks runs 99% clean across 432 tracked restaurants — 428 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 432 spots Cooked tracks in Sherman Oaks, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 December 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.