Cooked?Pico Gardens Market
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score85 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026 →
- address557 S Clarence St, Los Angeles 90033
Is Pico Gardens Market clean?
Pico Gardens Market is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 17, 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 Pico Gardens Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCEcritical
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
When was Pico Gardens Market last inspected?
Pico Gardens Market has 2 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2024, averaging 91 points.
February 17, 2026 B
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View full inspection →August 20, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Pico Gardens Market vs Wholesale District
Wholesale District runs 93% clean across 184 tracked restaurants — 172 clean, 7 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 184 spots Cooked tracks in Wholesale District, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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