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Sam's Flaming Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 24, 2025
- address24802 Orchard Village Rd, Santa Clarita 91355
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 September 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. 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 September 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was Sam's Flaming Grill last inspected?
Sam's Flaming Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to February 12, 2024, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 24, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| February 19, 2025 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| January 29, 2025 | Grade B | 81 pts |
| February 12, 2024 | Grade A | 92 pts |
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 55% 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 September 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.