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The Rustic Mercantile
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2025
- address33314 Agua Dulce Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91390
Is The Rustic Mercantile clean?
The Rustic Mercantile is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Rustic Mercantile?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
When was The Rustic Mercantile last inspected?
The Rustic Mercantile has 2 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2024, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| July 18, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
The Rustic Mercantile vs Agua Dulce
Agua Dulce runs 77% clean across 13 tracked restaurants — 10 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 13 spots Cooked tracks in Agua Dulce, this one comes out cleaner than 62% of them.
Other spots in Agua Dulce
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 July 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.