Cooked?Santee Falafel
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 18, 2025 →
- address1335 S Santee St, Los Angeles 90015
Is Santee Falafel clean?
Santee Falafel is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 18, 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 Santee Falafel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🍗undercooked food riskcritical# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Santee Falafel last inspected?
Santee Falafel has 2 inspections on record going back to June 4, 2024, averaging 94 points.
June 18, 2025 A
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View full inspection →June 4, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Santee Falafel vs University Park
University Park runs 94% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 271 clean, 15 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in University Park, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 June 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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