Cooked?Pepe's Finest Mexican Food
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score85 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 16, 2026 →
- address511 W Valley Blvd, Alhambra 91803
Is Pepe's Finest Mexican Food clean?
Pepe's Finest Mexican Food is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Pepe's Finest Mexican Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PROPER COOLING METHODS
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
When was Pepe's Finest Mexican Food last inspected?
Pepe's Finest Mexican Food has 3 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023, averaging 89 points.
April 16, 2026 B
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View full inspection →December 15, 2024 A
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View full inspection →December 4, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Pepe's Finest Mexican Food vs City Of Alhambra
City Of Alhambra runs 87% clean across 301 tracked restaurants — 263 clean, 30 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 301 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Alhambra, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 April 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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