Cooked?Balam Mexican Kitchen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 1, 2024 →
- address11700 Long Beach Blvd, Lynwood 90262
Is Balam Mexican Kitchen clean?
Balam Mexican Kitchen is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 1, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Balam Mexican Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 1, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
When was Balam Mexican Kitchen last inspected?
Balam Mexican Kitchen has 2 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2023, averaging 94 points.
November 1, 2024 A
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View full inspection →December 6, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Balam Mexican Kitchen vs City Of Lynwood
City Of Lynwood runs 93% clean across 182 tracked restaurants — 169 clean, 9 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 182 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lynwood, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 November 1, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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