Mar y Tierra Pupuseria y Restaurant
6201 Whittier Blvd Unit 7, Los Angeles, CA 90022
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 3 of 3 graded inspections since 2023.
- Last inspected Aug 28, 2026: passed with 7 violations.
- Keeps coming up: Equipment/utensils approved: installed; good repair; capacity, cited 2 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.
- #42 in Los Angeles's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 2 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 3 visits
- 2026
- Passed Aug 28
Owner Requested Reinspection
7 violations
- Minor Plumbing: fixtures, backflow device, drainage
- Minor Equipment/utensils approved: installed; good repair; capacity
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Food properly labeled and honestly presented
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings properly built, maintained and clean
- Passed Aug 14
Routine Inspection
17 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Time as a public health control; procedures and records
- Critical Proper cooling methods
- Minor Food safety certification
- Minor Equipment/utensils approved: installed; good repair; capacity
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor No insects, rodents, birds or animals present
- Minor Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
- Minor Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings properly built, maintained and clean
- Minor Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used
- Minor Plan review
- Minor Food properly labeled and honestly presented
- Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
- Minor Impoundment/voluntary condemn and dispose (VC&D)/sampling
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
- Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
- 2023
- Passed Oct 13
Routine Inspection
5 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Proper cooling methods
- Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
- Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned
- Minor Food properly stored; food storage containers identified
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
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