Cooked?The Original Tops
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score97 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 5, 2025 →
- address3838 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena 91107
Is The Original Tops clean?
The Original Tops is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 5, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Original Tops?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was The Original Tops last inspected?
The Original Tops has 2 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2023, averaging 95 points.
April 5, 2025 A
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View full inspection →November 16, 2023 A
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View full inspection →The Original Tops vs East Pasadena
East Pasadena runs 96% clean across 107 tracked restaurants — 103 clean, 4 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 107 spots Cooked tracks in East Pasadena, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 April 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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