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Sol Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 7, 2025
- address609 N West Knoll Dr, West Hollywood 90069
Is Sol Cafe clean?
Sol Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 7, 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 Sol Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was Sol Cafe last inspected?
Sol Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2024, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 7, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 25, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| February 1, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Sol Cafe vs City Of West Hollywood
City Of West Hollywood runs 98% clean across 409 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 5 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 409 spots Cooked tracks in City Of West Hollywood, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 July 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.