Cardenas Markets

330 Bellam Blvd, San Rafael, CA 94901

Passed · Jul 22, 2026 Directions
77
Fair BiteKarma score 77 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 2 of 2 graded inspections since 2025.
  • Last inspected Jul 22, 2026: passed with 4 violations, 4 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Health and Safety Code § 113996, cited 2 times.
  • 4 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 2 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jul 22

    Routine Inspection

    4 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Health and Safety Code § 113996
    • Critical Health and Safety Code § 114175
    • Critical Health and Safety Code § 114115.c
    • Critical Health and Safety Code § 113953.2
  3. 2025
  4. Passed Apr 2

    Routine Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Observed the following: Beef on a prep table at 45 F not in active prep. Observed a hot holding unit in the taqueria department holding stuffed peppers, potatoes, and taquitos at 112 F that were made 1 hour prior. Observed rotisserie chicken on hot holding unit at 125 F put out at 1 PM. Observed different meats out on a prep table at 52 F in the cremeria. Potentially hazardous foods must be held at 135 F or above or 41 F or below. Beef moved to cold holding, all foods in hot holding unit moved to another hot holding unit, rotisserie chickens discarded, meats moved to cold holding.

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