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Cali Foods Mart
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score88 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 16, 2024
- address1000 E Valley Blvd, Alhambra 91801
Is Cali Foods Mart clean?
Cali Foods Mart is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 16, 2024. 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 Cali Foods Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was Cali Foods Mart last inspected?
Cali Foods Mart has 3 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2023, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2024 | Grade B | 88 pts |
| January 29, 2024 | Grade B | 87 pts |
| August 30, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Cali Foods Mart vs City Of Alhambra
City Of Alhambra runs 87% clean across 301 tracked restaurants — 263 clean, 30 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 301 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Alhambra, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 December 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.