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Piara Pizza
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 26, 2023
- address6800 Balboa Blvd Unit I, Van Nuys 91406
Is Piara Pizza clean?
Piara Pizza is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 26, 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 Piara Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 26, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Piara Pizza last inspected?
Piara Pizza has 1 inspection on record going back to October 26, 2023, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 26, 2023 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Piara Pizza 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 2% 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 October 26, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.