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Why Thirsty
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score84 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 24, 2025
- address7248 Rosemead Blvd, San Gabriel 91775
Is Why Thirsty clean?
Why Thirsty is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Why Thirsty?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
When was Why Thirsty last inspected?
Why Thirsty has 3 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2023, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 24, 2025 | Grade B | 84 pts |
| March 25, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| November 28, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Why Thirsty 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 1% 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 September 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.