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China Town Express Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score81 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 12, 2024
- address11136 Long Beach Blvd, Lynwood 90262
Is China Town Express Restaurant clean?
China Town Express Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 12, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at China Town Express Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical# 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
When was China Town Express Restaurant last inspected?
China Town Express Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to December 12, 2024, averaging 81 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2024 | Grade B | 81 pts |
China Town Express Restaurant 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 2% of them.
Other spots in City Of Lynwood
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 December 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.