Carambas

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score82 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 22, 2025 →
• address2019 W Whittier Blvd, Montebello 90640

Is Carambas clean?

Carambas is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 22, 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 Carambas?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCEcritical
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  # 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE

When was Carambas last inspected?

Carambas has 2 inspections on record going back to March 12, 2024, averaging 83 points.

Carambas vs City Of Montebello

City Of Montebello runs 93% clean across 282 tracked restaurants — 262 clean, 17 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 282 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Montebello, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

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  clean · March 9, 2025
• A 7-Eleven #18090F
  clean · February 3, 2026
• A La Paloma Grill
  clean · June 19, 2025
• A Mod Pizza
  clean · August 19, 2024

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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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 April 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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