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The Tamale Guy
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 16, 2024
- address956 Foothill Blvd, Claremont 91711
Is The Tamale Guy clean?
The Tamale Guy is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Tamale Guy?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was The Tamale Guy last inspected?
The Tamale Guy has 2 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| December 4, 2023 | Grade A | 93 pts |
The Tamale Guy vs La Verne
La Verne runs 98% clean across 127 tracked restaurants — 124 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 127 spots Cooked tracks in La Verne, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.