Papa Lu's Kitchen

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score71 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 4, 2025
• address13334 Ramona Blvd K, Baldwin Park 91706

Is Papa Lu's Kitchen clean?

Papa Lu's Kitchen is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Papa Lu's Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• ⚠️# 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
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  # 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
  # 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  # 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  # 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION

When was Papa Lu's Kitchen last inspected?

Papa Lu's Kitchen has 2 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2024, averaging 81 points.

Papa Lu's Kitchen vs City Of Baldwin Park

City Of Baldwin Park runs 95% clean across 271 tracked restaurants — 257 clean, 10 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 271 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Baldwin Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 March 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.