Merengue Bakery & Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score92 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 23, 2026 →
• address417 S Myrtle Ave, Monrovia 91016

Is Merengue Bakery & Cafe clean?

Merengue Bakery & Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Merengue Bakery & Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED

When was Merengue Bakery & Cafe last inspected?

Merengue Bakery & Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2024, averaging 93 points.

Merengue Bakery & Cafe vs City Of Monrovia

City Of Monrovia runs 97% clean across 205 tracked restaurants — 198 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 205 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Monrovia, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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