At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
81/ 100 · 19 points taken off
5 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Dec 2, 2025
At the routine inspection on Dec 2, 2025. The latest visit, on Dec 5, 2025, was a follow-up inspection. No notes were taken at it.
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. La Playita got more than most.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about La Playita?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Marked critical: Pests seen inside: droppings K23How to fixFix it
- No person in charge on duty K01How to fixFix it
- Hand sink not ready to use K06How 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
For La Playita's team
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Pests seen inside: droppingsThe county found: “Observed rodent droppings on the floor under most all shelves and tables. Observed rodent droppings on plates on the…”
First step: What to do
Then the next one: No person in charge on duty
Log it
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Show what you did
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 6-501.112, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 4-603.16.
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Fix and log it: Pests seen inside: droppings
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0 of 3 done
What to do
From Food Code 6-501.112
Logged
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 3 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited 3 times in the last 12 months (1 routine, 2 follow-up).
Nice work, La Playita. At the follow-up three days later, the county listed no items still open.
You cleared the re-check in three days. We're proud of you.
Every visit
LatestDec 5, 2025Follow-up inspection
No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.
This one: a follow-up inspection on Dec 5, 2025. A follow-up visit re-checks earlier items. The last routine inspection was Dec 2, 2025: 81 out of 100 (Red placard).
EarlierDec 4, 2025Follow-up inspectionRed placard
No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.
EarlierDec 2, 2025Routine inspection81 out of 100 (Red placard)
5 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Observed rodent droppings on the floor under most all shelves and tables. Observed rodent droppings on plates on the shelves. Also observed droppings on bottom shelves of tables and containers with restaurant items in them. [CA] Clean and sanitize areas of droppings and throughout all of the kitchen. Take effective measures to eliminate the rodents from inside the facility. Clean and sanitize the floors throughout the kitchen. Covering any holes in the walls and gaps under doors will help keep the vermin out. Provide a pest control service. The facility must remain closed until all of the requirements are met and permission is given by this department to reopen. The food facility shall remain closed until: there is no longer evidence of a vermin infestation; all contaminated surfaces have been cleaned and sanitized; and contributing factors such as cleaning, repairs, and the elimination of harborages have been resolved and the copy of the pest control service is obtained by this department along with the checklist.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 6-501.111
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
What to do
- Any sign of mice, rats or roaches: act now. Protect or throw out affected food, clean the area, and call the pest control operator the same day.
- Flies or ants in food areas: act within 24 hours.
- Insects in food: throw that food out and check the stock around it.
From Food Code 6-501.112
What NOT to do
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Signs of pests and what to do
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Are you La Playita? Fix it
Not critical (4)
The department's words
K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
No FSC available. [CA] Please have at least one employee with the FSC and all others must have the food handler card.
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
The hand washing sink had items in it and large buckets blocking it. [CA] The hand washing sink must be kept clear and readily accessible. Please do not put any utensils or buckets in/on it. Use it only for hand washing and keep it clear.
Food Code 5-205.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
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Handwashing
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Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
Observed droppings on the plates that are stacked on shelves. [CA] Wash and sanitize the plates. Take effective measures to eliminate vermin from inside the facility.
Food Code 4-602.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clean first, then sanitize
- 1. Scrape off food.
- 2. Wash with detergent and warm water.
- 3. Rinse off the soap (soap weakens sanitizer).
From Food Code 4-603.16
When to clean food-contact surfaces
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Cleaning vs sanitizing, and sanitizer strengths
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Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
The wood home made table that the Pepsi machine is on is deteriorated. [CA] Replace this table with an approved table. .
Food Code 4-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Are you La Playita? Fix it
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
As a customer of La Playita, you can:
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Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Pests seen inside: droppings Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right Read the free guide
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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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
- Follow-up inspection
- Result
- Green placard
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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