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Mama Lu's Dumpling House
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 14, 2025
- address939 S Glendora Ave, West Covina 91790
Is Mama Lu's Dumpling House clean?
Mama Lu's Dumpling House is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 14, 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 Mama Lu's Dumpling House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTEDFOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINEDGARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
When was Mama Lu's Dumpling House last inspected?
Mama Lu's Dumpling House has 1 inspection on record going back to October 14, 2025, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Mama Lu's Dumpling House vs West Puente Valley
West Puente Valley runs 93% clean across 214 tracked restaurants — 200 clean, 10 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 214 spots Cooked tracks in West Puente Valley, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 October 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.