The Restaurant Standard
We Know the Restaurant Business
Core Hood Cleaning was built by people who grew up in the restaurant industry. We understand what it means to keep a kitchen running, to work around a service schedule, and to deal with the real consequences of falling out of compliance.
We serve restaurants of every size and cuisine type across San Diego County. Whether you run a 10-seat neighborhood spot in North Park or a 200-cover oceanfront property in La Jolla, your exhaust system requires the same NFPA 96 certified maintenance.
We schedule around your hours, document everything, and give you the compliance paperwork you need. No surprises, no missed appointments, no excuses.
Why It Matters
Restaurants Are the Highest Risk Category
High cooking volumes, diverse fuel types, and back-to-back service mean grease accumulates faster than most operators realize. A cleaning schedule that works for a low-volume cafe can leave a high-volume charbroiler kitchen dangerously out of compliance within weeks.
Grease fires in commercial kitchens are the leading cause of restaurant fires in California. NFPA 96 compliance is not just a box to check for your health inspector. It is the difference between a manageable situation and a total loss.
Your commercial insurance policy almost certainly requires documented hood cleaning maintenance. A fire with no service records is a policy that does not pay out.
What We Handle
Every Type of Restaurant Kitchen
What Sets Us Apart
Built for Restaurant Operations
We schedule around your hours
Nights, weekends, early morning before prep. We work when your kitchen is closed so your service never stops.
Same-day emergency service
Red tag from the fire marshal? Health inspection coming up? Call us at (858) 361-2570 and we dispatch immediately.
Photo documentation on every job
Before and after photos of every section of your system. Accepted by San Diego County health inspectors and your insurance carrier.
Written compliance certificate
An NFPA 96 compliance sticker goes on your hood and a signed certificate is issued after every service. File it, frame it, show it to anyone.
No pressure, no upsells
We assess your system, tell you what it needs, and do exactly that. Nothing more, nothing less.