Payless Foods Mkt

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score74 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 28, 2026
• address620 E El Segundo Blvd, Los Angeles 90059

Is Payless Foods Mkt clean?

Payless Foods Mkt is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2026. 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 Payless Foods Mkt?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
  IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
  NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
  PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
• ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
  FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
  FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
  PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
  TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
  ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

When was Payless Foods Mkt last inspected?

Payless Foods Mkt has 3 inspections on record going back to April 29, 2024, averaging 85 points.

Payless Foods Mkt vs Athens Village

Athens Village runs 87% clean across 46 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 4 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 46 spots Cooked tracks in Athens Village, 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 May 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.