Baccali Cafe

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score70 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 25, 2025 →
• address245 W Valley Blvd, Alhambra 91801

Is Baccali Cafe clean?

Baccali Cafe is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Baccali Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚰handwashing sink issues
  # 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  # 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• 🍗undercooked food riskcritical
  # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was Baccali Cafe last inspected?

Baccali Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to August 21, 2023, averaging 84 points.

Baccali Cafe vs City Of Alhambra

City Of Alhambra runs 87% clean across 301 tracked restaurants — 263 clean, 30 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 301 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Alhambra, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 February 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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