Cafe De Alley

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score83 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 1, 2025
• address310 E Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90015

Is Cafe De Alley clean?

Cafe De Alley is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 1, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cafe De Alley?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
  PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLEcritical
  HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
  PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
• ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
  MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
• ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
  FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
  IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING

When was Cafe De Alley last inspected?

Cafe De Alley has 3 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2024, averaging 88 points.

Cafe De Alley vs Pico-Union

Pico-Union runs 97% clean across 426 tracked restaurants — 413 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 426 spots Cooked tracks in Pico-Union, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

Other spots in Pico-Union

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  clean · June 11, 2026
• A Birdies Dtla
  clean · February 11, 2025
• A Pico Donuts And Croissants
  clean · March 25, 2025
• A Taqueria La Salsa, Inc
  clean · April 28, 2026
• A Restaurante El Tikal
  clean · November 3, 2025
• A La Teclena
  clean · October 15, 2024

See every restaurant inspection in Pico-Union →

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 December 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.