• gradeGrade B
• inspection score84 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 12, 2025 →
• address5021 Lakewood Blvd, Lakewood 90712

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Is Cafe Rio Lakewood clean?

Cafe Rio Lakewood is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Rio Lakewood?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY

When was Cafe Rio Lakewood last inspected?

Cafe Rio Lakewood has 3 inspections on record going back to September 26, 2023, averaging 91 points.

Cafe Rio Lakewood vs Long Beach

Long Beach runs 98% clean across 111 tracked restaurants — 109 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 111 spots Cooked tracks in Long Beach, 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 November 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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