Cooked?Prima Cocina
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score84 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 25, 2026 →
- address1405 Montana Ave, Santa Monica 90403
Is Prima Cocina clean?
Prima Cocina is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 25, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Prima Cocina?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW/UNDERCOOKED FOOD
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Prima Cocina last inspected?
Prima Cocina has 4 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2023, averaging 89 points.
June 25, 2026 B
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View full inspection →June 18, 2026 A
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View full inspection →October 2, 2024 A
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View full inspection →December 15, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Prima Cocina vs City Of Santa Monica
City Of Santa Monica runs 95% clean across 628 tracked restaurants — 598 clean, 25 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 628 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Santa Monica, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 June 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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