At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
92/ 100 · 8 points taken off
3 problems found · Routine county inspection · Oct 8, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Savvy's Downtown Sweets 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 Savvy's Downtown Sweets?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Permits available K49How to fixFix it
- No person in charge on duty K01How to fixFix it
- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right K14How 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 Savvy's Downtown Sweets' team
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Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Permits availableThe county found: “--48 HOUR NOTICE— Our records indicate this facility is operating without a valid permit and has a delinquent…”
Then the next one: No person in charge on duty
Log it
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Show what you did
Saying what you fixed, in your own words, builds trust. Families and regulars respect a kitchen that owns it and fixes it.
Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 4-603.16.
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Fix and log it: Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
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0 of 3 done
Clean first, then sanitize
From Food Code 4-603.16
Logged
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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.
Every visit
LatestOct 8, 2025Routine inspection92 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 92 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Oct 8, 2025.
3 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (3)
Permits available
The department's words
K49 Permits available
--48 HOUR NOTICE— Our records indicate this facility is operating without a valid permit and has a delinquent account. Your balance due is $815.00. Payment must be made immediately to DEH at the address at the top of this report or via our website at www.Ehinfo.org. A facility that submits payment of the outstanding balance within 48 hours (2 business days) of this notice will be issued and mailed an operating permit by this department. Failure to comply within 48 hours will result in facility closure and additional enforcement, including but not limited to reinspection(s) and additional cost recovery fees. A facility found to be in continued operation without a permit may incur a penalty of three (3) times the operating permit fee, and fee(s) for re-inspection(s) charged at the current hourly rate approved by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Penalties and fees incurred due to enforcement activities must be paid in full prior to the issuance of an operating permit.
The department's words
K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
Unable to provide a food manger certification at the time of inspection. [CA] Obtain a food manger certification within 60-days REPEAT VIOLATION. Failure to comply may result in enforcement action.
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
Sanitizer within the 3-compartment sink was measured at 0PPM of quats at the time of inspection. [CA] Maintain chemical solution for manual warewashing at 100 ppm (1Tbs of bleach (5.25%)/gal of water) for chlorine and 200 ppm (1 tbs of quaternary ammonium (10%)/2 gal of water) for quaternary ammonium. [COS] PIC added sanitizer into the compartment; re-measured at 200PPM.
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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Are you Savvy's Downtown Sweets? Fix it
EarlierOct 23, 2024Routine inspection95 out of 100 (Green placard)
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Plan review
The department's words
K48 Plan review
Additional equipment has been added to facility that is not part of the original plans. [CA] A person proposing to build or remodel a food facility shall submit plans and specifications for review and shall receive plan approval prior to starting any new construction or remodeling. Contact DEH at [phone] or at www.ehinfo.org to obtain plan check requirements.
The department's words
K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
Unable to provide food manger certification at the time of inspection. [CA] Obtain a food manger certification within 60-days.
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 Savvy's Downtown Sweets, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
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- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right Read the free guide
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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.
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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
- 92 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.