At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
100/ 100 · 0 points taken off
No problems found · Routine county inspection · Jan 19, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Cafe 3 got fewer than most.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
We review Santa Clara County health data to make this report. We are not the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.
Visit them directly at deh.santaclaracounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 2-301.15.
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 2 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Fewer points taken off than last time (19 → 0). That takes a team.
Every visit
LatestJan 19, 2026Routine inspection100 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 100 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Jan 19, 2026.
No violations listed in the data.
EarlierOct 16, 2024Routine inspection81 out of 100 (Green placard)
5 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
Raw chicken and sliced cheese in drawer unit below grill measured between 50-52F. [CA] Maintain potentially hazardous food 41F and below. [COS] Ice was added to container to cool down.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Not critical (4)
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
4 drawer unit below grill measured at ambient temperature between 45-50F, thermometer reads at 24F. Under counter unit next to grill measured at ambient temperature of 60F, gasket is loose. [CA] Repair units to ensure it is able to hold food 41F and below. Replace door gasket.
No hot or cold water at a sink
The department's words
K21 Hot and cold water available
Hot water measured at 3 compartment faucet at 116F. [CA] Maintain a minimum of 120F. Water in women's restroom measured at 75F. [CA] Maintain a minimum of 100-108F.
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
Dishwasher in dish room measured at 0 ppm chlorine. [CA] Maintain a minimum of 50 ppm chlorine. [COS] Manually sanitize dishes at 3 comp sink at 200 ppm quaternary ammonium until unit is fixed.
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
Lack of hand washing sink at grill station at the front service area. Nearest hand sink is across the service area at the salad bar or in back kitchen.[CA] Install a hand sink near the grill station. Recommend to install additional hand sink in back of house, by the food prep sink.
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
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When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
About this record
Opens the county's own page for this place.
Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
100 means the inspector found no problems. Santa Clara County takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.
The county posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection, and gives routine inspections a score. In the county's data, a routine inspection with no violations listed scored 100, and the score drops as violations are found. The county's page does not say which scores or findings give each color: ask the department.
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 100 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
This is not an official ranking or grade. See the official source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health (opens the department's site) .
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