Cooked?The Grain Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 6, 2024 →
- address715 N Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach 90277
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 December 6, 2024. 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 Grain Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ♨️reheating done sketchycritical# 11. PROPER REHEATING PROCEDURES FOR HOT HOLDING
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
When was The Grain Cafe last inspected?
The Grain Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2023, averaging 91 points.
December 6, 2024 A
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View full inspection →August 30, 2023 A
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View full inspection →The Grain Cafe vs City Of Redondo Beach
City Of Redondo Beach runs 98% clean across 463 tracked restaurants — 453 clean, 8 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 463 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Redondo Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 December 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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