Cooked?Restaurante Y Pupuseria Lemus
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score81 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 3, 2026 →
- address8608 S Central Ave, Los Angeles 90002
Is Restaurante Y Pupuseria Lemus clean?
Restaurante Y Pupuseria Lemus is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 3, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Restaurante Y Pupuseria Lemus?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was Restaurante Y Pupuseria Lemus last inspected?
Restaurante Y Pupuseria Lemus has 2 inspections on record going back to July 8, 2024, averaging 88 points.
June 3, 2026 B
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View full inspection →July 8, 2024 A
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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 June 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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