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Willowbrook Restaurant/Roadside Taco
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 21, 2025
- address10628 Ventura Blvd, Studio City 91604
Is Willowbrook Restaurant/Roadside Taco clean?
Willowbrook Restaurant/Roadside Taco is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 21, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Willowbrook Restaurant/Roadside Taco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Willowbrook Restaurant/Roadside Taco last inspected?
Willowbrook Restaurant/Roadside Taco has 2 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2024, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 21, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| April 30, 2024 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Willowbrook Restaurant/Roadside Taco vs Universal City
Universal City runs 100% clean across 89 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 0 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 89 spots Cooked tracks in Universal City, 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 March 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.