Cooked?Rincon Azteca
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 28, 2025 →
- address586 E Baseline Rd, Claremont 91711
Is Rincon Azteca clean?
Rincon Azteca is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 28, 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 Rincon Azteca?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical# 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🍽️food left unprotected# 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was Rincon Azteca last inspected?
Rincon Azteca has 2 inspections on record going back to January 9, 2024, averaging 93 points.
March 28, 2025 A
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View full inspection →January 9, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Rincon Azteca vs Padua Hills
Padua Hills runs 97% clean across 102 tracked restaurants — 99 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 102 spots Cooked tracks in Padua Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 March 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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