Calimex Deli

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score77 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 21, 2025
• address711 1/2 S Kern Ave, Los Angeles 90022

Is Calimex Deli clean?

Calimex Deli is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 21, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Calimex Deli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
  # 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
  # 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  # 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE

When was Calimex Deli last inspected?

Calimex Deli has 3 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2023, averaging 88 points.

Calimex Deli vs East Los Angeles

East Los Angeles runs 91% clean across 387 tracked restaurants — 352 clean, 31 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 387 spots Cooked tracks in East Los Angeles, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.