Cooked?The Grain Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025 →
- address4220 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90019
Is The Grain Cafe clean?
The Grain Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Grain Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
When was The Grain Cafe last inspected?
The Grain Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to January 23, 2024, averaging 96 points.
September 2, 2025 A
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View full inspection →August 15, 2024 A
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View full inspection →January 23, 2024 A
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View full inspection →The Grain Cafe vs Victoria Park
Victoria Park runs 99% clean across 87 tracked restaurants — 86 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 87 spots Cooked tracks in Victoria Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 September 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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