The Court Cafe

5496 Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90045

Passed · Apr 10, 2025 Directions
66
Poor BiteKarma score 66 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 3 of 3 graded inspections since 2023.
  • No critical violations in the last two years.
  • Last inspected Apr 10, 2025: passed with 8 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Proper hot and cold holding temperatures, cited 2 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.
  • #63 in Los Angeles's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.

Inspection history 3 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Apr 10

    Routine Inspection

    8 violations
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
    • Minor Hot water available
    • Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
    • Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
    • Minor Permits available
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Jan 2

    Owner Requested Reinspection

    7 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
    • Minor Food separated and protected
    • Minor Impoundment of unsanitary equipment or food
  5. 2023
  6. Passed Dec 19

    Routine Inspection

    16 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Critical Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
    • Critical Hot water available
    • Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing
    • Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
    • Minor Impoundment of unsanitary equipment or food
    • Minor Food safety certification
    • Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
    • Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
    • Minor Food separated and protected
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: adequate, maintained, properly use, test strips available
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
    • Minor Permits available

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