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San Francisco Restaurant Inspections & Health Scores

The Score Behind Every Table.

Data verified: April 2026

CaliforniaColor PlacardCalCode

City & County of San Francisco County — Fire Safety & Food Safety

Food Safety: San Francisco Department of Public Health

Fire Safety: San Francisco Fire Department — Fire Prevention Division

The city that invented modern restaurant culture serves 8,500+ facilities with one of the most transparent inspection systems in California.

The Score Behind Every Table.

Food Safety

Evaluation

Color Placard

Public Posting

No mandate

Inspection Frequency

Risk-based

Facilities

8,500+

Fire Safety

Fire Code

CFC

Cleaning Standard

NFPA 96

Cleaning Frequency

Per NFPA 96 Table 12.4

Authority

San Francisco Fire Department — Fire Prevention Division

Color Placards

San Francisco uses a 100-point deductive scoring system. Inspectors start at 100 and deduct points for each violation found. Scores are published on the city's open data portal but no letter grade posting is required. The numeric score itself is the public record.

G

Green

Pass — facility meets food safety standards

Y

Yellow

Conditional Pass — corrections required

R

Red

Closed — imminent health hazard

Fire Safety

Fire Authority

San Francisco Fire Department — Fire Prevention Division

City-county = single AHJ. No split jurisdiction. SFFD Fire Prevention: (415) 558-3300. San Francisco adopts CFC with extensive local amendments (San Francisco Fire Code). City-county unified government. SFFD Fire Prevention Division is sole AHJ for all commercial kitchens.

Hood Cleaning Standard

NFPA 96 Table 12.4 sets the interval by what the kitchen cooks: monthly for solid fuel, quarterly for high-volume cooking, semiannually for moderate volume, annually for low-volume or seasonal cooking.

Suppression Inspection

UL-300 wet chemical suppression systems required for all commercial cooking hoods. Semiannual by licensed fire protection contractor.

  • UL-300 wet chemical suppression system required in all commercial cooking hoods
  • Semi-annual suppression system inspection and certification
  • Hood and duct cleaning per NFPA 96 Table 12.4 schedule
  • Fire code compliance per 2022 CFC with San Francisco local amendments (SFFC)

Official Inspection Portal

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SF Restaurant Inspection Scores (OpenData)

Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health

Inspection Authority

Agency

San Francisco Department of Public Health

Code Basis

CalCode

ScoreTable

The Score Behind Every Table.

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