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Chado Tea Room
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2025
- address1303 El Prado Ave, Torrance 90501
Is Chado Tea Room clean?
Chado Tea Room is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Chado Tea Room?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- ⚠️# 49. SAMPLES COLLECTED# 49. SAMPLES COLLECTED
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Chado Tea Room last inspected?
Chado Tea Room has 2 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2024, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2025 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| May 29, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Chado Tea Room vs West Carson
West Carson runs 93% clean across 397 tracked restaurants — 368 clean, 23 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 397 spots Cooked tracks in West Carson, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 March 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.