Cooked?Sabor Mexicano Bar & Grill
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score83 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 18, 2025 →
- address14523 Vanowen St, Van Nuys 91405
Is Sabor Mexicano Bar & Grill clean?
Sabor Mexicano Bar & Grill is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Sabor Mexicano Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
When was Sabor Mexicano Bar & Grill last inspected?
Sabor Mexicano Bar & Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to March 11, 2025, averaging 88 points.
August 18, 2025 B
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View full inspection →March 11, 2025 A
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View full inspection →Sabor Mexicano Bar & Grill vs Van Nuys
Van Nuys runs 98% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Van Nuys, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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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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 August 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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