Gardenia Market & Deli

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score92 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2025
• address4121 Pennsylvania Ave Abc, La Crescenta 91214

Is Gardenia Market & Deli clean?

Gardenia Market & Deli is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Gardenia Market & Deli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
  PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
  FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION

When was Gardenia Market & Deli last inspected?

Gardenia Market & Deli has 3 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2024, averaging 92 points.

Gardenia Market & Deli vs La Crescenta-Montrose

La Crescenta-Montrose runs 99% clean across 196 tracked restaurants — 194 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 196 spots Cooked tracks in La Crescenta-Montrose, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.