American Buffet & Grill

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score76 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 23, 2025
• address3650 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Ste 287, Los Angeles 90008

Is American Buffet & Grill clean?

American Buffet & Grill is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 23, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at American Buffet & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
  # 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSED
  # 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSED
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  # 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
  # 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES

When was American Buffet & Grill last inspected?

American Buffet & Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2024, averaging 85 points.

American Buffet & Grill vs Leimert Park

Leimert Park runs 90% clean across 60 tracked restaurants — 54 clean, 4 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 60 spots Cooked tracks in Leimert Park, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.