Puchica Guatemalan Bar & Grill
4523 Sepulveda Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
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.
- Last inspected Sep 28, 2026: passed with 9 violations.
- No critical violations in the last two years.
- Keeps coming up: Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices, cited 2 times.
Inspection history 3 visits
- 2026
- Passed Sep 28
Routine Inspection
9 violations
- Minor Food storage; food storage containers identified
- Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned
- Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
- Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings properly built, maintained and clean
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Plumbing: fixtures, backflow device, drainage
- 2025
- Passed May 17
Routine Inspection
2 violations
- Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
- Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
- 2023
- Passed Oct 5
Routine Inspection
8 violations
- Minor Warewashing facilities: adequate, maintained, properly use, test strips available
- Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
- Minor Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
- Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
- Minor No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
- Minor Toxic substances properly identified, stored, used
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