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Principio Mercado Y Carniceria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 14, 2026
- address2630 Maple Ave, Los Angeles 90011
Is Principio Mercado Y Carniceria clean?
Principio Mercado Y Carniceria is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Principio Mercado Y Carniceria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATETHERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANEDTOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
When was Principio Mercado Y Carniceria last inspected?
Principio Mercado Y Carniceria has 2 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2024, averaging 97 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2026 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| June 12, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Principio Mercado Y Carniceria vs University Park
University Park runs 94% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 271 clean, 15 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in University Park, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 April 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.