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Pao's Pastries And Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 20, 2025
- address14449 Friar St, Van Nuys 91401
Is Pao's Pastries And Cafe clean?
Pao's Pastries And Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 20, 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 Pao's Pastries And Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was Pao's Pastries And Cafe last inspected?
Pao's Pastries And Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to August 2, 2023, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 20, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| April 5, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| August 2, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Pao's Pastries And Cafe vs Valley Glen
Valley Glen runs 97% clean across 471 tracked restaurants — 458 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 471 spots Cooked tracks in Valley Glen, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 June 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.