Mel's Drive-In

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score91 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 3, 2025
• address8585 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood 90069

Is Mel's Drive-In clean?

Mel's Drive-In is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 3, 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 Mel's Drive-In?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was Mel's Drive-In last inspected?

Mel's Drive-In has 3 inspections on record going back to March 4, 2024, averaging 92 points.

Mel's Drive-In vs City Of West Hollywood

City Of West Hollywood runs 98% clean across 409 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 5 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 409 spots Cooked tracks in City Of West Hollywood, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 July 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.