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The Artist Pizzeria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 30, 2025
- address113 N Citrus Ave, Covina 91723
Is The Artist Pizzeria clean?
The Artist Pizzeria is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 30, 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 The Artist Pizzeria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
When was The Artist Pizzeria last inspected?
The Artist Pizzeria has 3 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2024, averaging 84 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| May 22, 2025 | Grade C | 71 pts |
| March 6, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
The Artist Pizzeria vs City Of Covina
City Of Covina runs 96% clean across 109 tracked restaurants — 105 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 109 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Covina, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 May 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.