Pepe's Cafe

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score64 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedSeptember 25, 2025
• address2414 E Florence Ave, Huntington Park 90255

Is Pepe's Cafe clean?

Pepe's Cafe is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Pepe's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
  # 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
• ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
  # 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical
  # 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🍗undercooked food riskcritical
  # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  # 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED

When was Pepe's Cafe last inspected?

Pepe's Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to August 18, 2023, averaging 74 points.

Pepe's Cafe vs Walnut Park

Walnut Park runs 89% clean across 266 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 22 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 266 spots Cooked tracks in Walnut 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 September 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.