• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 4, 2025 →
• address13857 Amar Rd, La Puente 91746

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Is Caramelo Cafe clean?

Caramelo Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Caramelo Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE

When was Caramelo Cafe last inspected?

Caramelo Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2023, averaging 92 points.

Caramelo Cafe vs Bassett

Bassett runs 95% clean across 116 tracked restaurants — 110 clean, 5 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 116 spots Cooked tracks in Bassett, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

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 December 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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