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Lou's Cafe

1508 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA 94116 · Sunset-Parkside · Restaurant
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Passed all 9 inspections — critical violations noted

Inspections

Last Inspected

2025-05-14

Violations

includes 1 critical

Score

61/100

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Key Findings 3

9 consecutive passes, most recently 2025-05-14

No failures across all 9 inspections on record

Critical pest activity violations on record

Violation Types 8 categories

Sanitation SRS 4×

Food Temperature SRS 3×

Employee Hygiene SRS 1×

Pest Activity CRIT 1×

Chemical Safety MIN 1×

Plumbing & Waste MIN 1×

Food Storage & Handling MIN 1×

Other SRS 1×

Inspections 9 total

2025-05-14 Pass w/ Conditions 1 viol.

2024-05-16 Pass w/ Conditions 1 viol.

2023-04-27 Pass w/ Conditions 3 viol.

2022-05-10 Pass 0 viol.

2022-05-03 Pass w/ Conditions 3 viol.

Full Inspection History

2025-05-14 Pass w/ Conditions Routine

1 violation

serious Employee Hygiene

113953, 113953.1, 113953.2, 114067(f) - Provide soap and single-use towels in dispensers, or a drying device at each handwash sink at all times. Maintain all handwash sinks unobstructed and accessible

2024-05-16 Pass w/ Conditions Routine

1 violation

serious Sanitation

114171, 114189.1, 114190, 114192, 114193, 114193.1, 114199, 114201, 114269 - Protect the potable water supply with a backflow protection device, as required by applicable plumbing codes. All plumbing,

2023-04-27 Pass w/ Conditions routine

3 violations CRITICAL

serious Food Temperature

Proper hot and cold holding temperatures [ date violation corrected: 5/4/2023 ]

minor Sanitation

Equipment approved; clean; installed, good repair; capacity [ date violation corrected: 5/4/2023 ]

critical Pest Activity

Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin proofing

2022-05-10 Pass reinspection/followup

No violations found.

2022-05-03 Pass w/ Conditions routine

3 violations

minor Food Temperature

Proper hot and cold holding temperatures [ date violation corrected: 5/10/2022 ]

minor Sanitation

Equipment approved; clean; installed, good repair; capacity [ date violation corrected: 5/10/2022 ]

minor Chemical Safety

Toxic substances properly identified; stored & used [ date violation corrected: 5/10/2022 ]

2021-03-12 Pass w/ Conditions routine

1 violation

minor Plumbing & Waste

Plumbing; proper backflow devices [ date violation corrected: 5/3/2022 ]

2018-06-27 Pass w/ Conditions Routine - Unscheduled

1 violation

serious Food Temperature

Moderate risk food holding temperature

2017-08-28 Pass w/ Conditions Routine - Unscheduled

2 violations

minor Food Storage & Handling

Improper food storage

serious Other

Foods not protected from contamination

2016-12-20 Pass w/ Conditions Routine - Unscheduled

1 violation

serious Sanitation

Unclean or unsanitary food contact surfaces

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Data sourced from SF Dept. of Public Health · Score calculated from inspection outcomes, violation severity & recency. · How we score
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