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Las Tres Maria Cafeteria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2025
- address837 W Gardena Blvd, Gardena 90247
Is Las Tres Maria Cafeteria clean?
Las Tres Maria Cafeteria is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 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 Las Tres Maria Cafeteria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️# 32. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED# 32. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
When was Las Tres Maria Cafeteria last inspected?
Las Tres Maria Cafeteria has 2 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2024, averaging 97 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| May 1, 2024 | Grade A | 100 pts |
Las Tres Maria Cafeteria vs City Of Gardena
City Of Gardena runs 93% clean across 331 tracked restaurants — 308 clean, 21 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 331 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Gardena, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.
Other spots in City Of Gardena
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 March 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.