Village Cafe

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score80 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 20, 2026
• address20122 Vanowen St, Winnetka 91306

Is Village Cafe clean?

Village Cafe is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Village Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
  FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
  MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
  NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
  WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
  TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
  PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
  DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

When was Village Cafe last inspected?

Village Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2024, averaging 82 points.

Village Cafe vs Winnetka

Winnetka runs 99% clean across 180 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 1 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 180 spots Cooked tracks in Winnetka, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.