The Coffee Spot

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score97 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 18, 2025
• address1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica 90405

Is The Coffee Spot clean?

The Coffee Spot is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Coffee Spot?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  # 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was The Coffee Spot last inspected?

The Coffee Spot has 3 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2023, averaging 97 points.

The Coffee Spot vs City Of Santa Monica

City Of Santa Monica runs 95% clean across 628 tracked restaurants — 598 clean, 25 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 628 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Santa Monica, 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.

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 September 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.