Food Facility Inspection Results
EatSafeSLO is an interactive map that provides the locations of fixed and permitted retail food facilities with links to health inspection results. Please note that cottage food and mobile food facilities are not mapped in EatSafeSLO but links to their inspection results are availble in the section below.
Search the inspection database directly without the EatSafeSLO interactive map:
MyHealthDepartment to view inspection results directly from our new database for inspections performed on or after May 5th, 2025. Please note that if a facility has not been inspected since May 5th, 2025, the link will not return a result. If this is the case, please refer to the 2 Year Inspections Report for Retail Food to view inspection results for inspections performed on or before May 2nd, 2025.
Environmental Health Services has moved to a new scoring method that uses a negative scoring scale. A perfect score is zero and violations lead to a negative number score. Please see the FAQs below for more details about the new scoring system.
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Map for reference purposes only. The map may not reflect all currently active retail food facilities permitted by Environmental Health Services. The County of San Luis Obispo does not assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data. The County of San Luis Obispo makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, that these data are accurate and reliable, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. Independent verification of all data contained on this map should be obtained by any user thereof. Users assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data.
FAQs
Any operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food intended for human consumption to the general public. These facilities include but are not limited to restaurants, bars, markets/grocery stores, and school cafeterias.
Mobile food operators and cottage food operators are not mapped in EatSafeSLO but their inspection results can be viewed in MyHealthDepartment for inspections performed on or after May 5th, 2025. Please note that if a facility has not been inspected since May 5th, 2025, the link will not return a result. If this is the case, please refer to the 2 Year Inspections Report for Retail Food to view inspection results for inspections performed on or before May 2nd, 2025.
A food facility health inspection is an evaluation of food preparation and food employee practices, facility condition, food storage and many other factors that contribute to the overall safety of the food products being sold or dispensed for consumption to the public.
The purpose of a health inspection report is to document the health inspection findings and to provide an overall summary of the health inspection. The report is provided to the facility owner or operator following a health inspection.
Health inspection reports are public record and are required to be maintained onsite at the facility and must be made available upon request at any time. However it is not required that health inspection reports be conspicuously posted.
The County of San Luis Obispo Environmental Health Services food facility health inspection report contains at minimum the following information:
- The date and time of the health inspection,
- The name and address of the food facility,
- The permit holder's name,
- The health permit expiration date and health permit fee payment status,
- The type of food facility (restaurant, retail market, etc.),
- The type of health inspection (regular inspection (routine) or follow up inspection (reinspection)),
- The score of the health inspection,
- The food safety certified manager,
- A list, if applicable, of all violations observed during the health inspection and an overall summary of the health inspection,
- The name, title, and signature of the person in charge accepting the report,
- A summary of corresponding laws and regulations taken from the California Retail Food Code,
- If applicable, an award of excellence may also be issued with the report. View the Award of Excellence web page for more information.
There are several types of health inspections which get posted on this site: a regular, or routine inspection; a follow up inspection, or reinspection; change of ownership inspections; and opening inspections for initial health permit approval.
Regular health inspections are routine unannounced health inspections.
Follow up inspections, or reinspections, are conducted only when the health inspector has determined during a regular health inspection that a follow up inspection is required to verify compliance with documented California Retail Food Code violations noted during the regular health inspection.
New Inspection Scoring System Effective May 5th, 2025
Each facility begins with a perfect score of zero. Points are deducted based on observations of violations occurring within, or in conjunction with, the food facility at the time of the health inspection. More points are deducted for violations that may result in a higher food safety risk if they are not corrected. These can include such things as non-compliance with hand washing, food temperatures, surface sanitization, safe food sources, and employee health. The more negative the score, the more (and more serious) the violations.
Fewer points are deducted for minor violations that are usually associated with the condition of the facility, the equipment, and less risky food handling violations.
Additional points are deducted if a violation is determined to be a repeat violation which either wasn't corrected following the last inspection, or was corrected but is found to be in violation again.
Inspection Scoring System for Inspections Performed on or after May 5th, 2025
It is the policy of the County of San Luis Obispo Environmental Health Services Division to present a health inspection score as an overall restaurant score which is based on a maximum of 100 points scoring system.
Points are deducted based on observations of violations occurring within, or in conjunction with, the food facility at the time of the health inspection. More points are deducted for violations that may result in a higher food safety risk if they are not corrected. These can include such things as non-compliance with hand washing, food temperatures, surface sanitization, safe food sources, and employee health.
Fewer points are deducted for minor violations that are usually associated with the condition of the facility, the equipment, and less risky food handling violations.Additional points are deducted if a violation is determined to be a repeat violation which either wasn't corrected following the last inspection, or was corrected but is found to be in violation again.
Please refer to the 2 Year Inspections Report for Retail Food to view inspection results for inspections performed on or before May 2nd, 2025.
A Food Facility health inspection may result in closure if any violation is observed which is found to create an imminent health hazard which cannot be corrected during the inspection. Common examples include, but are not limited to:
- Surfacing or inability to properly discharge liquid waste (sewage)
- Vermin infestation (rodents, cockroaches, etc.)
- Power or water outages
- Lack of ability to properly clean and sanitize food contact utensils or equipment
- Operation without a valid health permit to operate
Only the most recent health inspection results for facilities that occurred over the last two (2) years are available via links from this webpage. If the facility recently underwent an ownership change, then only the most recent inspection results following the ownership change and which apply to the new owner are displayed.
Please contact us at Environmental Health for program-related questions or to submit a complaint.