Cooked?The Buffalo Spot
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 15, 2024 →
- address8401 Van Nuys Blvd # 4, Panorama City 91402
Is The Buffalo Spot clean?
The Buffalo Spot is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 15, 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 The Buffalo Spot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
When was The Buffalo Spot last inspected?
The Buffalo Spot has 2 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2023, averaging 86 points.
October 15, 2024 A
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View full inspection →July 13, 2023 B
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View full inspection →The Buffalo Spot vs Panorama City
Panorama City runs 97% clean across 341 tracked restaurants — 332 clean, 9 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 341 spots Cooked tracks in Panorama City, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 October 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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