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Alta Eats
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 11, 2024
- address1860 N Allen Ave, Pasadena 91104
Is Alta Eats clean?
Alta Eats is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 11, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Alta Eats?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 11, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
When was Alta Eats last inspected?
Alta Eats has 2 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 11, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| January 25, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Alta Eats vs Altadena
Altadena runs 95% clean across 43 tracked restaurants — 41 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 43 spots Cooked tracks in Altadena, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.
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How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.