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Cafe De Olla
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2025
- address423 S Myrtle Ave, Monrovia 91016
Is Cafe De Olla clean?
Cafe De Olla is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2025. 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 Cafe De Olla?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
When was Cafe De Olla last inspected?
Cafe De Olla has 2 inspections on record going back to January 23, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| January 23, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Cafe De Olla vs City Of Monrovia
City Of Monrovia runs 97% clean across 205 tracked restaurants — 198 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 205 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Monrovia, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 March 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.