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The Courtyard Kitchen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score99 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 1, 2025
- address1211 Montana Ave Ste #C, Santa Monica 90403
Is The Courtyard Kitchen clean?
The Courtyard Kitchen is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Courtyard Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
When was The Courtyard Kitchen last inspected?
The Courtyard Kitchen has 4 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2023, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2025 | Grade A | 99 pts |
| July 17, 2025 | Grade B | 84 pts |
| September 18, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| October 11, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
The Courtyard Kitchen 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 94% 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 August 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.