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Cha Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 3, 2025
- address10308 Lower Azusa Rd, El Monte 91731
Is Cha Cafe clean?
Cha Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cha Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was Cha Cafe last inspected?
Cha Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 3, 2025 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| October 30, 2024 | Grade B | 85 pts |
| January 10, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Cha Cafe vs City Of Temple City
City Of Temple City runs 92% clean across 169 tracked restaurants — 156 clean, 9 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 169 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Temple City, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 November 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.