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Alchemist Coffee Project
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 19, 2026
- address698 S Vermont Ave #103, Los Angeles 90005
Is Alchemist Coffee Project clean?
Alchemist Coffee Project is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 19, 2026. 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 Alchemist Coffee Project?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENTWAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was Alchemist Coffee Project last inspected?
Alchemist Coffee Project has 3 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2023, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2026 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| November 1, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| December 6, 2023 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Alchemist Coffee Project vs Little Bangladesh
Little Bangladesh runs 93% clean across 531 tracked restaurants — 494 clean, 31 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 531 spots Cooked tracks in Little Bangladesh, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 February 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.