Cafe Triste

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score96 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2025
• address980 N Broadway, Los Angeles 90012

Is Cafe Triste clean?

Cafe Triste is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Triste?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  # 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR

When was Cafe Triste last inspected?

Cafe Triste has 4 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2023, averaging 91 points.

Cafe Triste vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 91% clean across 230 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 19 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 230 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 58% of them.

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• A La Brisket
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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 August 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.