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Pep's Sub & Pizza Shack
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 12, 2025
- address151 N Grand Ave, Covina 91722
Is Pep's Sub & Pizza Shack clean?
Pep's Sub & Pizza Shack is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pep's Sub & Pizza Shack?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was Pep's Sub & Pizza Shack last inspected?
Pep's Sub & Pizza Shack has 2 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| May 6, 2024 | Grade A | 99 pts |
Pep's Sub & Pizza Shack vs City Of Covina
City Of Covina runs 96% clean across 109 tracked restaurants — 105 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 109 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Covina, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 August 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.