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Banchan A La Carte
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 28, 2025
- address141 N Western Ave, Los Angeles 90004
Is Banchan A La Carte clean?
Banchan A La Carte is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 28, 2025. 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 Banchan A La Carte?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
When was Banchan A La Carte last inspected?
Banchan A La Carte has 3 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2024, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2025 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| November 6, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| February 26, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Banchan A La Carte 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 28% 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 July 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.