Nara Mediterranean Bistro & Lounge

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score91 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 11, 2024
• address17970 Ventura Blvd, Encino 91316

Is Nara Mediterranean Bistro & Lounge clean?

Nara Mediterranean Bistro & Lounge is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 11, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Nara Mediterranean Bistro & Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 11, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was Nara Mediterranean Bistro & Lounge last inspected?

Nara Mediterranean Bistro & Lounge has 2 inspections on record going back to December 2, 2023, averaging 94 points.

Nara Mediterranean Bistro & Lounge vs Encino

Encino runs 100% clean across 215 tracked restaurants — 214 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 215 spots Cooked tracks in Encino, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 September 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.