Emanuel Pupuseria Restaurant

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score80 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 22, 2026
• address3555 W 3Rd St, Los Angeles 90020

Is Emanuel Pupuseria Restaurant clean?

Emanuel Pupuseria Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 22, 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 Emanuel Pupuseria Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USEcritical
  HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
  NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
  PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT

When was Emanuel Pupuseria Restaurant last inspected?

Emanuel Pupuseria Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2023, averaging 89 points.

Emanuel Pupuseria Restaurant vs Wilshire Center

Wilshire Center runs 95% clean across 245 tracked restaurants — 232 clean, 11 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 245 spots Cooked tracks in Wilshire Center, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 April 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.