Pepperlunch

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score83 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 23, 2025 →
• address6 W Main St, Alhambra 91801

Is Pepperlunch clean?

Pepperlunch is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2025. 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 Pepperlunch?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐀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
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
• ⚠️# 49. SAMPLES COLLECTED
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION

When was Pepperlunch last inspected?

Pepperlunch has 3 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2024, averaging 84 points.

Pepperlunch vs City Of South Pasadena

City Of South Pasadena runs 97% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 142 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in City Of South Pasadena, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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