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Chicha San Chen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 11, 2026
- address30 W Main St, Alhambra 91801
Is Chicha San Chen clean?
Chicha San Chen is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 11, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chicha San Chen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLEHOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Chicha San Chen last inspected?
Chicha San Chen has 2 inspections on record going back to September 30, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 11, 2026 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| September 30, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Chicha San Chen vs City Of Alhambra
City Of Alhambra runs 87% clean across 301 tracked restaurants — 263 clean, 30 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 301 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Alhambra, this one comes out cleaner than 32% of them.
Other spots in City Of Alhambra
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 February 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.