Cooked?The Carmel Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score98 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 16, 2024 →
- address16311 Ventura Blvd Ste 200, Encino 91436
Is The Carmel Cafe clean?
The Carmel Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 16, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Carmel Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was The Carmel Cafe last inspected?
The Carmel Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to January 16, 2024, averaging 98 points.
January 16, 2024 A
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View full inspection →The Carmel Cafe vs Encino
Encino runs 100% clean across 215 tracked restaurants — 214 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 215 spots Cooked tracks in Encino, this one comes out cleaner than 72% 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 January 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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