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Valerios Tropical Bakeshop
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 30, 2025
- address1509 E Amar Rd, West Covina 91792
Is Valerios Tropical Bakeshop clean?
Valerios Tropical Bakeshop is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 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 Valerios Tropical Bakeshop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical# 08. TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
When was Valerios Tropical Bakeshop last inspected?
Valerios Tropical Bakeshop has 3 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 30, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| July 13, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| July 27, 2023 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Valerios Tropical Bakeshop vs Valinda
Valinda runs 98% clean across 126 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 126 spots Cooked tracks in Valinda, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 July 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.