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Charlies Trio Cafe
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score81 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 14, 2026
- address47 W Main St, Alhambra 91801
Is Charlies Trio Cafe clean?
Charlies Trio Cafe is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 14, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Charlies Trio Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcriticalNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMITPERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was Charlies Trio Cafe last inspected?
Charlies Trio Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2024, averaging 87 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Grade B | 81 pts |
| September 28, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| January 24, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Charlies Trio Cafe vs City Of Paramount
City Of Paramount runs 90% clean across 168 tracked restaurants — 151 clean, 13 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 168 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Paramount, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.
Other spots in City Of Paramount
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 May 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.