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Pretty Good Advice

Other food place · San Jose, CA

1 inspection

At a glance

CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results

What happened?

5 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Mar 26, 2026

Is that a lot?

Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Pretty Good Advice 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 Pretty Good Advice?

It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.

  1. Marked critical: Hot food below 135°F K07How to fixFix it
  2. Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K45How to fixFix it
  3. Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right K14How to fixFix it

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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.

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We'll help you get every item done. You don't have to do it alone.

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  1. Fix it together

    Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.

  2. Log it

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  3. Show what you did

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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 3-302.11.

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Fix and log it: Hot food below 135°F

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Inspections

From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 1 inspection on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026

The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).

Every visit

  1. LatestMar 26, 2026Routine inspection83 out of 100 (Green placard)

    This one: 83 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Mar 26, 2026.

    5 violations listed, 1 marked critical.

    Critical (1)

    • Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health

      Hot food below 135°F

      The department's words

      K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures

      1. Bean burger patty measured between 80-90F in a deep 1/3 hotel pan insert. Per staff, they heated up and put back to cool down with the other cold patties. Other patties ranged between 45-55F. Per staff it had been about 15 minutes. 2. Vegan chicken patty measured between 100-130F while held out of temperature control under one of the unvented ovens. Per staff they had been cooked around 10 minutes prior. [CA] PHFs shall be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. [SA] PIC agreed to place items on Time as a Public Health Control. Discussed TPHC use for these items. TPHC guidelines provided.

      Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.

      Food Code 3-501.16(A)(1)

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      If food is out of range

      • Hot food below 135°F for less than 2 hours: reheat to 165°F.
      • Cold food above 41°F for less than 2 hours: chill it right away.
      • Unknown time or longer: throw it out.

      Which foods need temperature control (TCS)

      3 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide

      Hot and cold holding

      The full guide has 3 more parts. Sign up to open the full guide in the app.

      Fix and log it now

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    Not critical (4)

    • Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair

      The department's words

      K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean

      1. There are gaps around pipes of the handwash sink at the front of house and at the prep sink. 2. There is a ceiling tile uninstalled in the back of house area. 3. There is a gap under the HVAC access area. 4. There is a missing vent cover near the three compartment sink. [CA] Ensure to maintain the floors, walls, and ceilings of the facility clean and in good repair. Seal holes and gaps in the finishes.

      Food Code 6-101.11

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop

      Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair

      In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop

      Fix and log it now

      Are you Pretty Good Advice? Fix it

    • Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right

      The department's words

      K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized

      Quaternary ammonia based sanitizer solution at the three compartment sink measured at 100 PPM. [CA] Manual sanitization shall be accomplished in the final sanitizing rinse by contacting a chlorine solution of 100 PPM concentration for at least 30 seconds or by contacting a quaternary ammonium solution of 200 PPM concentration for at least 60 seconds. [SA] Facility switched to tablet quaternary ammonia sanitizer as the liquid dispensing system was measuring too low.

      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

      4 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide

      Cleaning vs sanitizing, and sanitizer strengths

      The full guide has 4 more parts. Sign up to open the full guide in the app.

      Fix and log it now

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    • Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food

      The department's words

      K27 Food separated and protected

      Facility is storing containers on top of prep cooler cooler inserts holding food. [CA] All food shall be separated and protected from cross-contamination.

      Food Code 3-302.11

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      Top to bottom

      • 1. Top: ready-to-eat food (salads, desserts, cut fruit, cooked leftovers, deli meat, cheese, drinks)
      • 2. Raw fish and seafood (cooked to 145°F)
      • 3. Whole cuts of beef, pork and lamb; raw shell eggs (145°F)

      From Food Code 3-302.11

      Keep raw meat types apart

      3 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide

      Fridge and freezer storage order

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      Fix and log it now

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    • No backflow test on file

      The department's words

      K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices

      Indirect waste pipes from the ice machine and handwash station lack an approved air gap. [CA] All equipment that discharges liquid waste shall be drained by means of indirect waste pipes, and all wastes drained by them shall discharge through an airgap into a floor sink or other approved type of receptor.

      Food Code 5-205.15

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test

      Backflow test on file

      In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test

      Fix and log it now

      Are you Pretty Good Advice? 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 Pretty Good Advice, you can:

  1. Learn how these get fixed

    Free, step-by-step guides for each item.

    • Hot food below 135°F Read the free guide
    • Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
    • Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right Read the free guide
    • Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food Read the free guide
    • No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test

    Open the steps here

  2. Call Pretty Good Advice

    Ask for the manager. Pretty Good Advice can only fix what it knows about.

    Call Pretty Good Advice: (408) 472-4641

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  5. Complain directly to the health department

    We are not the health department. You can report to them on their site. Report to County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health (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
83 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) .

Information on this page may be out of date. Check the original source to confirm.

Questions about Pretty Good Advice

When was Pretty Good Advice last inspected?

The county last inspected Pretty Good Advice on Mar 26, 2026. It was a routine inspection.

What did the county find at Pretty Good Advice?

The county listed 5 violations on Mar 26, 2026: Hot food below 135°F; Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair; and Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right, and 2 more.

What does a critical item mean?

Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. On Mar 26, 2026, the county marked 1 as critical.