Cafe Pinguini

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 7, 2026
• address6935 Pacific Ave, Playa Del Rey 90293

Is Cafe Pinguini clean?

Cafe Pinguini is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 7, 2026. 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 Pinguini?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
  FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
  FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
  NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

When was Cafe Pinguini last inspected?

Cafe Pinguini has 2 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2024, averaging 90 points.

Cafe Pinguini vs Playa Del Rey

Playa Del Rey runs 100% clean across 40 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 0 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 40 spots Cooked tracks in Playa Del Rey, 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.

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 April 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.