Cooked?La Paloma Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2025 →
- address1316 E Duarte Rd, Duarte 91010
Is La Paloma Restaurant clean?
La Paloma Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Paloma Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🍗undercooked food riskcritical# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was La Paloma Restaurant last inspected?
La Paloma Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2023, averaging 92 points.
March 4, 2025 A
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View full inspection →December 9, 2023 A
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View full inspection →La Paloma Restaurant vs Duarte
Duarte runs 93% clean across 15 tracked restaurants — 14 clean, 0 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 15 spots Cooked tracks in Duarte, 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.
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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 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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