Cooked?Dots Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 5, 2025 →
- address3819 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena 91107
Is Dots Cafe clean?
Dots Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 5, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dots Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
When was Dots Cafe last inspected?
Dots Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2023, averaging 93 points.
April 5, 2025 A
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View full inspection →November 21, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Dots Cafe vs East Pasadena
East Pasadena runs 96% clean across 107 tracked restaurants — 103 clean, 4 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 107 spots Cooked tracks in East Pasadena, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.
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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 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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