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La Cabanita Restaurant Y Pupuseria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025
- address3564 S Normandie Ave, Los Angeles 90007
Is La Cabanita Restaurant Y Pupuseria clean?
La Cabanita Restaurant Y Pupuseria is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Cabanita Restaurant Y Pupuseria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
When was La Cabanita Restaurant Y Pupuseria last inspected?
La Cabanita Restaurant Y Pupuseria has 2 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| January 30, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
La Cabanita Restaurant Y Pupuseria vs Exposition Park
Exposition Park runs 97% clean across 171 tracked restaurants — 166 clean, 4 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 171 spots Cooked tracks in Exposition Park, 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 September 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.