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Huckleberry
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 23, 2025
- address1014 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica 90401
Is Huckleberry clean?
Huckleberry is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 23, 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 Huckleberry?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION# 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
When was Huckleberry last inspected?
Huckleberry has 3 inspections on record going back to May 7, 2024, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| May 14, 2025 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| May 7, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Huckleberry vs City Of Santa Monica
City Of Santa Monica runs 95% clean across 628 tracked restaurants — 598 clean, 25 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 628 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Santa Monica, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.
Other spots in City Of Santa Monica
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 May 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.