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Alchemy Row
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score84 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2025
- address255 E Avenue M, Lancaster 93535
Is Alchemy Row clean?
Alchemy Row is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Alchemy Row?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Alchemy Row last inspected?
Alchemy Row has 2 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2024, averaging 88 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2025 | Grade B | 84 pts |
| March 14, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Alchemy Row vs White Fence Farms
White Fence Farms runs 96% clean across 130 tracked restaurants — 125 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 130 spots Cooked tracks in White Fence Farms, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.
Other spots in White Fence Farms
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 July 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.