Cooked?The Buffalo Spot
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 22, 2025 →
- address3296 W Slauson Ave, Los Angeles 90043
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 May 22, 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 The Buffalo Spot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was The Buffalo Spot last inspected?
The Buffalo Spot has 1 inspection on record going back to May 22, 2025, averaging 92 points.
May 22, 2025 A
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View full inspection →The Buffalo Spot vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 92% clean across 99 tracked restaurants — 91 clean, 7 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 99 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 May 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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