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Rustic Spoon
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 10, 2025
- address12500 Magnolia Blvd, Valley Village 91607
Is Rustic Spoon clean?
Rustic Spoon is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 10, 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 Rustic Spoon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Rustic Spoon last inspected?
Rustic Spoon has 2 inspections on record going back to December 22, 2023, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| December 22, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Rustic Spoon vs Atwater Village
Atwater Village runs 97% clean across 555 tracked restaurants — 541 clean, 12 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 555 spots Cooked tracks in Atwater Village, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 February 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.