At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
97/ 100 · 3 points taken off
No problems found · Routine health department inspection · Aug 11, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 1 to 4 points taken off. Copa Vida got about the same as most.
Compared with 992 Pasadena food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
We review Pasadena health data to make this report. We are not the City of Pasadena Public Health Department.
Visit them directly at cityofpasadena.net (opens the department's site) · How we review
For Copa Vida's team
Is this your place?
Welcome, Copa Vida. We'll walk through this together, one item at a time. To log the fixes, claim Copa Vida first; we check that you run it.
Your whole team can help. Each person gets one next step, and everyone can see what's done.
This is my place: claim Copa VidaWe'll help you get every item done. You don't have to do it alone.
We know an inspection can feel heavy, especially when it's busy.
Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Log it
Your team logs the fix on their phones, with the time and who did it.
Show what you did
Saying what you fixed, in your own words, builds trust. Families and regulars respect a kitchen that owns it and fixes it.
Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 3-304.14, Food Code 4-301.12, Food Code 3-305.11.
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What people see next
Under each item here, people see what you fixed, in your words.
Left alone, or fixed together
Left alone, the same items can come back at the next inspection. Fixed together, they're done.
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Inspections
From City of Pasadena Public Health Department · 6 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The health department visited 3 times in the last 12 months (3 routine).
Fewer points taken off than last time (4 → 3). That takes a team.
The City's Environmental Health Division inspects each permanent food facility on its own schedule. A routine score of 85 to 100 is a Pass, 75 to 84 a Conditional Pass.
Every visit
LatestAug 11, 2026Routine inspection97 out of 100 (Pass)
This one: 97 out of 100 (Pass), inspected Aug 11, 2026.
The data does not list this inspection's violations.
EarlierMar 10, 2026Routine inspection96 out of 100 (Pass)
The data does not list this inspection's violations.
EarlierNov 17, 2025Routine inspection98 out of 100
2 violations listed.
Violations (2)
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K035 Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; good repair, capacity
1 point
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K040 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
1 point
EarlierAug 5, 2025Routine inspection96 out of 100
4 violations listed.
Violations (4)
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K040 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
1 point
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K035 Equipment/Utensils - approved; installed; good repair, capacity
1 point
Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K034 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
1 point
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K045 Floors, walls and ceilings: built and maintained
1 point
EarlierMay 20, 2025Routine inspection98 out of 100
2 violations listed.
Violations (2)
Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K034 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
1 point
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K030 Food storage; food storage containers identified
1 point
EarlierJan 6, 2025Routine inspection98 out of 100
2 violations listed.
Violations (2)
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K045 Floors, walls and ceilings: built and maintained
1 point
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K030 Food storage; food storage containers identified
1 point
Source: City of Pasadena Public Health Department. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
As a customer of Copa Vida, you can:
Let Copa Vida know
Ask for the manager. Copa Vida can only fix what it knows about.
The department lists no phone for this place.
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Complain directly to the health department
We are not the health department. You can report to them on their site. Report to City of Pasadena Public Health Department (opens the department's site)
When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
About this record
Open the City's Health Inspection Search, choose Restaurant/Market, and search for the name. Inspections before December 2025 are on its second page.
Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
100 means the inspector found no problems. Pasadena takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.
Each inspection starts at 100 points and points come off for each violation. 85 to 100 is a Pass, 75 to 84 a Conditional Pass, and below 75 a permit suspension hearing is scheduled. Closed means the permit was suspended. The City uses no letter grade. Its guide is from 2014: confirm the numbers with the department.
- Listed as
- Restaurant/Market
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 97 out of 100 (Pass)
- Source
- City of Pasadena Public Health Department
This is not an official ranking or grade. See the official source: City of Pasadena Public Health Department (opens the department's site) .
Information on this page may be out of date. Check the original source to confirm.