Cooked?Sam's Flaming Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 12, 2024 →
- address23874 Copper Hill Dr, Valencia 91354
Is Sam's Flaming Grill clean?
Sam's Flaming Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 12, 2024. 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 Sam's Flaming Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🛠️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 improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
When was Sam's Flaming Grill last inspected?
Sam's Flaming Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2023, averaging 87 points.
November 12, 2024 A
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View full inspection →December 19, 2023 B
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View full inspection →December 5, 2023 B
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View full inspection →Sam's Flaming Grill vs Wholesale District
Wholesale District runs 93% clean across 184 tracked restaurants — 172 clean, 7 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 184 spots Cooked tracks in Wholesale District, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 November 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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