Mel's Drive-In

2165 Lombard St, San Francisco, CA 94123

Passed · Oct 23, 2024 Directions
90
Excellent BiteKarma score 90 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 6 of 6 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Oct 23, 2024: passed with 5 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized, cited 2 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 15 visits

  1. 2024
  2. Passed Oct 23

    Routine

    5 violations
    • Minor No insects, rodents, birds or nonservice animals
    • Equipment approved: clean; installed; good repair; capacity
    • Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin proofing
    • Floors, walls and ceiling: built, maintained and clean
  3. Passed Mar 7

    Routine

    3 violations
    • Minor Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
    • Minor No insects, rodents, birds or nonservice animals
    • Equipment approved: clean; installed; good repair; capacity
  4. 2023
  5. Passed Jul 27

    Routine - Unscheduled

    3 violations
    • Minor Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
    • Floors, walls and ceiling: build, maintained and clean
    • Equipment approved; clean; installed, good repair; capacity
  6. 2022
  7. Passed Apr 26

    Routine - Unscheduled

    2 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Minor Proper hot and cold holding temperatures

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