Buen Sabor

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score74 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2025 →
• address3537 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Lynwood 90262

Is Buen Sabor clean?

Buen Sabor is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 23, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Buen Sabor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 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
• ⚠️# 32. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🍗undercooked food riskcritical
  # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
• ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE

When was Buen Sabor last inspected?

Buen Sabor has 3 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2023, averaging 83 points.

Buen Sabor 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 1% 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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 July 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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