LA County Gives Restaurants the Cyan Letter: Cleanliness Is Part of Yumminess

The county's restaurant inspectors aren't Zagat critics, but their ratings are closely followed.

Posted Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:11 pm PT|Updated Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:58 pm PT

Like the Scarlet Letter, those big blue letter A signs on the front windows of Brentwood eateries tell a long story with a single glyph.

In our neighborhood, they represent the top grade from the Los Angeles County Department of Health's restaurant inspection team.

All of Brentwood's restaurants (in the 90049 ZIP code) scored the highest letter grade in the most recent surveys. None were closed.

All rated in the 90s, except for the restaurant at the , which garnered an 89.

You can search the database yourself, or download the files of the county ratings we compiled [PDF files above.]

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