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La Noche Buena (Kitchen)
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 15, 2026
- address638 1/2 N Spring St, Los Angeles 90012
Is La Noche Buena (Kitchen) clean?
La Noche Buena (Kitchen) is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Noche Buena (Kitchen)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENTWAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURESPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOODAPPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD
When was La Noche Buena (Kitchen) last inspected?
La Noche Buena (Kitchen) has 3 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2026 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| October 8, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| February 8, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
La Noche Buena (Kitchen) vs Lake Balboa
Lake Balboa runs 98% clean across 173 tracked restaurants — 170 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 173 spots Cooked tracks in Lake Balboa, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.
Other spots in Lake Balboa
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 June 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.