Cafe Rio Mexican Grill

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 22, 2024 →
• address39332 W 10Th St # A, Palmdale 93551

Is Cafe Rio Mexican Grill clean?

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 22, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Rio Mexican Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 22, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was Cafe Rio Mexican Grill last inspected?

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2023, averaging 92 points.

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill vs Desert View Highlands

Desert View Highlands runs 95% clean across 151 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 8 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 151 spots Cooked tracks in Desert View Highlands, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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