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Panera Bread Bakery Cafe #16
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 27, 2024
- address21627 Valley Blvd, Walnut 91789
Is Panera Bread Bakery Cafe #16 clean?
Panera Bread Bakery Cafe #16 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 27, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Panera Bread Bakery Cafe #16?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 27, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
When was Panera Bread Bakery Cafe #16 last inspected?
Panera Bread Bakery Cafe #16 has 2 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2023, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 27, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| November 6, 2023 | Grade A | 97 pts |
Panera Bread Bakery Cafe #16 vs Walnut
Walnut runs 97% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 112 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Walnut, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 September 27, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.