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The Side Walk Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
- address1401 Ocean Front Walk, Venice 90291
Is The Side Walk Cafe clean?
The Side Walk Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Side Walk Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLEHOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
When was The Side Walk Cafe last inspected?
The Side Walk Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| July 29, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
The Side Walk Cafe 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 5% 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.
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 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.