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The Penthouse Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score100 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 16, 2026
- address1111 2Nd St # 18 Fl, Santa Monica 90403
Is The Penthouse Bar clean?
The Penthouse Bar is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Penthouse Bar?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was The Penthouse Bar last inspected?
The Penthouse Bar has 3 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2024, averaging 98 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | Grade A | 100 pts |
| June 12, 2025 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| March 23, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
The Penthouse Bar 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 98% of them.
Other spots in City Of Santa Monica
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 May 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.