Sam's Place

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score97 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 26, 2024
• address5530 Monte Vista St, Los Angeles 90042

Is Sam's Place clean?

Sam's Place is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 26, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sam's Place?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🧹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

When was Sam's Place last inspected?

Sam's Place has 1 inspection on record going back to September 26, 2024, averaging 97 points.

Sam's Place vs Highland Park

Highland Park runs 97% clean across 145 tracked restaurants — 140 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 145 spots Cooked tracks in Highland Park, this one comes out cleaner than 68% 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 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.