Garden Cafe

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score84 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 29, 2025
• address228 W Valley Blvd 101, Alhambra 91801

Is Garden Cafe clean?

Garden Cafe is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Garden Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
  PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
  FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
  WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
  THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
  GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
• ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION

When was Garden Cafe last inspected?

Garden Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to October 29, 2025, averaging 84 points.

Garden Cafe 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 7% 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 October 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.