Plaza Del Centro

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score57 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedJuly 2, 2025
• address1801 W 8Th St, Los Angeles 90057

Is Plaza Del Centro clean?

Plaza Del Centro is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Plaza Del Centro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
  # 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  # 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical
  # 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• ⚠️# 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSEDcritical
  # 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSED
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
  # 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• ⚠️# 45. SLEEPING QUARTERS
  # 45. SLEEPING QUARTERS
• ⚠️# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE
  # 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION

When was Plaza Del Centro last inspected?

Plaza Del Centro has 3 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2023, averaging 74 points.

Plaza Del Centro vs Westlake

Westlake runs 95% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 383 clean, 15 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Westlake, 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 July 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.