Ay Papa Que Rico Prep Room

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score94 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 7, 2025
• address14035 Van Nuys Blvd, Pacoima 91331

Is Ay Papa Que Rico Prep Room clean?

Ay Papa Que Rico Prep Room is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ay Papa Que Rico Prep Room?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  # 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was Ay Papa Que Rico Prep Room last inspected?

Ay Papa Que Rico Prep Room has 2 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2024, averaging 92 points.

Ay Papa Que Rico Prep Room vs Arleta

Arleta runs 98% clean across 110 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 110 spots Cooked tracks in Arleta, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 January 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.