At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
97/ 100 · 3 points taken off
1 problem found · Routine county inspection · Aug 12, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. El Jardin got about the same as most.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about El Jardin?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Cooked food not cooled in time K09How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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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Next: Cooked food not cooled in timeThe county found: “RECENTLY PREP FOOD WAS COOLING IN A WALK IN REFRIGERATION WITH TIGHT LID. [CA] When cooling PHF's, food may be left…”
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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 lists no visits in the last 12 months.
Fewer points taken off than last time (7 → 3). That takes a team.
Every visit
LatestAug 12, 2025Routine inspection97 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 97 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Aug 12, 2025.
1 violation listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (1)
Cooked food not cooled in time
The department's words
K09 Proper cooling methods
RECENTLY PREP FOOD WAS COOLING IN A WALK IN REFRIGERATION WITH TIGHT LID. [CA] When cooling PHF's, food may be left uncovered or loosely covered to allow rapid cooling.
Food Code 3-501.14
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If you miss a stage
- Missed stage 1 (not 70°F by 2 hours): reheat to 165°F and start over, or throw it out.
- Missed stage 2 (not 41°F by 6 hours): throw it out.
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EarlierDec 4, 2024Routine inspection93 out of 100 (Green placard)
3 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (3)
Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K34 Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
Water in high temperature dishwasher reaches 155 ºF but not reaching 160ºF. [CA] Water in the rinse cycle must be at or above 171°F for 30 seconds in the high temperature dishwasher.
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
Ice in the ice bath tub was on the bottom and food above the ice is at 45F. [CA] Ice in the ice bath shall reach to the top of the container with food to maintain temperature at 41F and below. [COS] Employee added more ice to the ice bath.
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Nozzle holders in the bar area has build up of debris. [CA] Clean nozzle holders everyday to prevent build up.
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)
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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
- 97 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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