Al's Hot Chicken

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score86 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 28, 2025
• address10821 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles 90034

Is Al's Hot Chicken clean?

Al's Hot Chicken is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 28, 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 Al's Hot Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical
  # 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  # 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• 🧽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
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE

When was Al's Hot Chicken last inspected?

Al's Hot Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to September 11, 2023, averaging 89 points.

Al's Hot Chicken vs Palms

Palms runs 94% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 14 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Palms, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 January 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.