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La Mirada Drinking Water
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score77 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 12, 2026
- address14216 Imperial Hwy, La Mirada 90638
Is La Mirada Drinking Water clean?
La Mirada Drinking Water is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 12, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at La Mirada Drinking Water?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENTWAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTEDFOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLESIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTHMULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLEPERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcriticalFOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
When was La Mirada Drinking Water last inspected?
La Mirada Drinking Water has 2 inspections on record going back to July 5, 2023, averaging 86 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 12, 2026 | Grade C | 77 pts |
| July 5, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
La Mirada Drinking Water vs City Of La Mirada
City Of La Mirada runs 91% clean across 176 tracked restaurants — 160 clean, 14 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 176 spots Cooked tracks in City Of La Mirada, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.
Other spots in City Of La Mirada
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 January 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.