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The Library Alehouse
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 24, 2025
- address2911 Main St, Santa Monica 90405
Is The Library Alehouse clean?
The Library Alehouse is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 24, 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 Library Alehouse?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
When was The Library Alehouse last inspected?
The Library Alehouse has 2 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| January 5, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
The Library Alehouse vs Venice
Venice runs 95% clean across 333 tracked restaurants — 318 clean, 12 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 333 spots Cooked tracks in Venice, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.
Other spots in Venice
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 April 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.