Cooked?La Playita Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 18, 2025 →
- address37 14Th St, Hermosa Beach 90254
Is La Playita Cafe clean?
La Playita Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 18, 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 Playita Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
When was La Playita Cafe last inspected?
La Playita Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2024, averaging 86 points.
June 18, 2025 A
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View full inspection →June 3, 2025 C
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View full inspection →June 14, 2024 A
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View full inspection →La Playita Cafe vs City Of Hermosa Beach
City Of Hermosa Beach runs 97% clean across 214 tracked restaurants — 208 clean, 5 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 214 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Hermosa Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 June 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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