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La Cava
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 27, 2026
- address13565 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks 91423
Is La Cava clean?
La Cava is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 27, 2026. 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 La Cava?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was La Cava last inspected?
La Cava has 3 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2026 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| May 28, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| August 23, 2023 | Grade A | 95 pts |
La Cava 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 29% 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 April 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.