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Better Pound Wings
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 23, 2025
- address227 E Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90015
Is Better Pound Wings clean?
Better Pound Wings is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Better Pound Wings?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 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
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
When was Better Pound Wings last inspected?
Better Pound Wings has 3 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2024, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 23, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| April 3, 2025 | Grade B | 81 pts |
| April 3, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Better Pound Wings vs Pico-Union
Pico-Union runs 97% clean across 426 tracked restaurants — 413 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 426 spots Cooked tracks in Pico-Union, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.
Other spots in Pico-Union
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 April 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.