Uppers Cafe & Bake Shop

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 27, 2024
• address2024 Broadway, Santa Monica 90404

Is Uppers Cafe & Bake Shop clean?

Uppers Cafe & Bake Shop is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 27, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Uppers Cafe & Bake Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 27, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍗undercooked food risk
  # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
  # 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE

When was Uppers Cafe & Bake Shop last inspected?

Uppers Cafe & Bake Shop has 2 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2023, averaging 95 points.

Uppers Cafe & Bake Shop 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 33% 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 September 27, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.