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Stacks Pancake House
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score82 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 21, 2025
- address10300 Lower Azusa Rd, El Monte 91731
Is Stacks Pancake House clean?
Stacks Pancake House is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 21, 2025. 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 Stacks Pancake House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🍽️food left unprotected# 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
- 🍗undercooked food risk# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
When was Stacks Pancake House last inspected?
Stacks Pancake House has 3 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2024, averaging 84 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2025 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| April 29, 2025 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| February 7, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Stacks Pancake House vs City Of Temple City
City Of Temple City runs 92% clean across 169 tracked restaurants — 156 clean, 9 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 169 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Temple City, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.
Other spots in City Of Temple City
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 August 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.