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China Express
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score98 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2025
- address20423 Sherman Way, Winnetka 91306
Is China Express clean?
China Express is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at China Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 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
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
When was China Express last inspected?
China Express has 3 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2025 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| November 14, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| November 6, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
China Express vs Winnetka
Winnetka runs 99% clean across 180 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 1 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 180 spots Cooked tracks in Winnetka, this one comes out cleaner than 75% 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 September 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.