Cooked?M Cafe De Chaya
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 15, 2023 →
- address7119 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles 90046
Is M Cafe De Chaya clean?
M Cafe De Chaya is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 15, 2023. 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 M Cafe De Chaya?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was M Cafe De Chaya last inspected?
M Cafe De Chaya has 1 inspection on record going back to August 15, 2023, averaging 92 points.
August 15, 2023 A
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Melrose runs 98% clean across 653 tracked restaurants — 637 clean, 13 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 653 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 August 15, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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