Lupitas Restaurant

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score83 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 1, 2025
• address2634 Idell St, Los Angeles 90065

Is Lupitas Restaurant clean?

Lupitas Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 1, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lupitas Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left unprotected
  # 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
  # 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
• 🚰handwashing sink issues
  # 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
  # 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE

When was Lupitas Restaurant last inspected?

Lupitas Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2024, averaging 89 points.

Lupitas Restaurant vs Elysian Valley

Elysian Valley runs 92% clean across 36 tracked restaurants — 33 clean, 2 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 36 spots Cooked tracks in Elysian Valley, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

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 April 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.