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Buddha Vegetarian Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2025
- address2650 N Rosemead Blvd A, South El Monte 91733
Is Buddha Vegetarian Restaurant clean?
Buddha Vegetarian Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Buddha Vegetarian Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🧼hand hygiene slipping# 04. PROPER EATING, DRINKING, OR TOBACCO USE
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
When was Buddha Vegetarian Restaurant last inspected?
Buddha Vegetarian Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to May 20, 2025, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2025 | Grade A | 93 pts |
Buddha Vegetarian Restaurant vs El Monte
El Monte runs 88% clean across 204 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 204 spots Cooked tracks in El Monte, 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.
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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.