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Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 24, 2025
- address131 W Carson St A, Carson 90745
Is Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop clean?
Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 24, 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 Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURESPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDScriticalTIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
When was Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop last inspected?
Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop has 4 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2024, averaging 81 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 24, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 28, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 62 pts |
| June 13, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| May 28, 2024 | Grade C | 76 pts |
Valerio's Tropical Bake Shop vs West Carson
West Carson runs 93% clean across 397 tracked restaurants — 368 clean, 23 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 397 spots Cooked tracks in West Carson, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 November 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.