The Thirsty Merchant

12430 Riverside Dr, Valley Village, CA 91607

Passed · Apr 29, 2025 Directions
85
Good BiteKarma score 85 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 2023.
  • No critical violations in the last two years.
  • Last inspected Apr 29, 2025: passed with 7 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 3 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 2 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Apr 29

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations
    • Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
    • Minor Toxic substances properly identified, stored, used
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
    • Minor Food safety certification
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
  3. 2023
  4. Passed Nov 14

    Routine Inspection

    6 violations
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
    • Minor Food safety certification
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: adequate, maintained, properly use, test strips available
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized

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