Vamos Vamos

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score72 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 3, 2025
• address2917 Main St, Santa Monica 90405

Is Vamos Vamos clean?

Vamos Vamos is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Vamos Vamos?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
  FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
  IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
• ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
  WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
  NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
  PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
  PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
  FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED

When was Vamos Vamos last inspected?

Vamos Vamos has 2 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2024, averaging 83 points.

Vamos Vamos 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 0% 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 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.