Atwater's Killer Bs

A writer for Downtown LA is shocked - shocked! - over "well-established hotel restaurants" (downtown's Marriott and Bonaventure's L.A. Prime) and Dodger Stadium, "of all places," earning less-than-appetizing Bs from LA's Department of Public Health.

Not exactly high Bs, either. All three scored 83% or less - with cockroaches (!) in April 2006 at Bonaventure, after three straight A ratings.

So how scores Atwater Village? Mostly As, a handful of Bs:

• EL BUEN GUSTO - 3140 N GLENDALE BLVD - 81
• EL CANONAZO MARKET - 3168 GLENDALE BLVD - 81
• GIAMELA'S RESTAURANT - 3178 LOS FELIZ BLVD - 82
• ROLLING PIN BAKERY - 3156 GLENDALE BLVD - 85
• SUN HAI INN CHINESE - 3176 LOS FELIZ BLVD - 85
• TACOS VILLA CORONA - 3185 GLENDALE BLVD - 86
• THAI TASTE RESTAURANT - 2328 FLETCHER DR - 84
• THE COFFEE TABLE - 2930 ROWENA AVE - 82
• THE ROOST - 3100 LOS FELIZ BLVD - 86
• LOS FELIZ DELI (CHEVRON) - 3050 LOS FELIZ BLVD - 86

Eh,who wants to eat at a gas station anyway. Only one at C or below:

• MANILA ORIENTAL MARKET - 3323 GLENDALE BLVD - 78

Being new to this whole rating system, I have friends here who advise never go below A. But do Bs keep others away? Are they points of no return? Or are they, like school grades at least, better than average?

[Image - not in Atwater Village, but in downtown LA - from Flickr]