Cooked?The Highland Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 27, 2025 →
- address4112 Verdugo Rd, Los Angeles 90065
Is The Highland Cafe clean?
The Highland Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 27, 2025. 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 Highland Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️PLAN REVIEW
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was The Highland Cafe last inspected?
The Highland Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to October 27, 2025, averaging 92 points.
October 27, 2025 A
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View full inspection →The Highland Cafe vs Glassell Park
Glassell Park runs 96% clean across 206 tracked restaurants — 198 clean, 7 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 206 spots Cooked tracks in Glassell Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 October 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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