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Mama Lu Dumpling House
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedFebruary 6, 2025
- address501 W Garvey Ave, Monterey Park 91754
Is Mama Lu Dumpling House clean?
Mama Lu Dumpling House is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Mama Lu Dumpling House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical# 08. TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- ⚠️# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- 🍗undercooked food riskcritical# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
When was Mama Lu Dumpling House last inspected?
Mama Lu Dumpling House has 3 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2023, averaging 83 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 6, 2025 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| April 1, 2024 | Grade B | 85 pts |
| September 21, 2023 | Grade B | 85 pts |
Mama Lu Dumpling House vs City Of Monterey Park
City Of Monterey Park runs 85% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 212 clean, 32 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Monterey Park, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 February 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.