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Mauricio's Mexican Food Pizza & Cantina
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2025
- address245 E Rowland St, Covina 91723
Is Mauricio's Mexican Food Pizza & Cantina clean?
Mauricio's Mexican Food Pizza & Cantina is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 24, 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 Mauricio's Mexican Food Pizza & Cantina?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
When was Mauricio's Mexican Food Pizza & Cantina last inspected?
Mauricio's Mexican Food Pizza & Cantina has 2 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2023, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 24, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| December 28, 2023 | Grade A | 93 pts |
Mauricio's Mexican Food Pizza & Cantina vs City Of Covina
City Of Covina runs 96% clean across 109 tracked restaurants — 105 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 109 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Covina, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.
Other spots in City Of Covina
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 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.