Carambas

2019 W Whittier Blvd, Montebello, CA 90640

Passed · Apr 22, 2025 Directions
62
Poor BiteKarma score 62 out of 100
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 2 of 2 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Apr 22, 2025: passed with 15 violations, 1 critical. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Food obtained from approved source, cited 2 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.
  • #7 in Montebello's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 1 critical violation in the last two years.

Inspection history 2 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Apr 22

    Routine Inspection

    15 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food obtained from approved source
    • Minor Personal cleanliness and hair restraints
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: adequate, maintained, properly use, test strips available
    • Minor Permits available
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
    • Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Minor Impoundment of unsanitary equipment or food
    • Minor Food separated and protected
    • Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
    • Minor Food properly stored; food storage containers identified
    • Minor Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing
    • Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Mar 12

    Routine Inspection

    11 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food obtained from approved source
    • Minor Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
    • Minor Food properly stored; food storage containers identified
    • Minor No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
    • Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Personal cleanliness and hair restraints
    • Minor Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing

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