Cooked?Tk Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 26, 2026 →
- address158 W Foothill Blvd, Monrovia 91016
Is Tk Cafe clean?
Tk Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 26, 2026. 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 Tk Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was Tk Cafe last inspected?
Tk Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2023, averaging 91 points.
January 26, 2026 A
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View full inspection →April 5, 2025 A
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View full inspection →August 27, 2024 A
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View full inspection →December 5, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Tk Cafe vs East Whittier
East Whittier runs 96% clean across 158 tracked restaurants — 151 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 158 spots Cooked tracks in East Whittier, 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.
Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →
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 January 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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