Cooked?La Pupuseria Del Pepetoo
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 14, 2024 →
- address7939 E Imperial Hwy, Downey 90242
Is La Pupuseria Del Pepetoo clean?
La Pupuseria Del Pepetoo is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 14, 2024. 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 Pupuseria Del Pepetoo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️# 32. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
When was La Pupuseria Del Pepetoo last inspected?
La Pupuseria Del Pepetoo has 2 inspections on record going back to February 21, 2024, averaging 85 points.
March 14, 2024 A
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View full inspection →February 21, 2024 B
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View full inspection →La Pupuseria Del Pepetoo vs Lynwood
Lynwood runs 87% clean across 112 tracked restaurants — 97 clean, 12 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 112 spots Cooked tracks in Lynwood, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 14, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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