Cooked?La Imperial Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score78 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2025 →
- address3717 E 1St St, Los Angeles 90063
Is La Imperial Restaurant clean?
La Imperial Restaurant is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at La Imperial Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
When was La Imperial Restaurant last inspected?
La Imperial Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to April 29, 2024, averaging 85 points.
March 17, 2025 C
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View full inspection →La Imperial Restaurant vs Boyle Heights
Boyle Heights runs 90% clean across 458 tracked restaurants — 412 clean, 39 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 458 spots Cooked tracks in Boyle Heights, 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.
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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 March 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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