Mota's Mexican Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score98 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 29, 2024
• address2397 N Lincoln Ave, Altadena 91001

Is Mota's Mexican Restaurant clean?

Mota's Mexican Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mota's Mexican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING

When was Mota's Mexican Restaurant last inspected?

Mota's Mexican Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023, averaging 96 points.

Mota's Mexican Restaurant vs City Of Pasadena

City Of Pasadena runs 100% clean across 23 tracked restaurants — 23 clean, 0 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 23 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Pasadena, this one comes out cleaner than 65% 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 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.