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La Colmena Bakery
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address11537 Sherman Way, North Hollywood 91605
Is La Colmena Bakery clean?
La Colmena Bakery is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Colmena Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was La Colmena Bakery last inspected?
La Colmena Bakery has 3 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2023, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| January 15, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| November 2, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
La Colmena Bakery vs North Hollywood
North Hollywood runs 98% clean across 371 tracked restaurants — 363 clean, 8 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 371 spots Cooked tracks in North Hollywood, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.