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Columbia Drive-In
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 28, 2023
- address17601 S Central Ave, Carson 90746
Is Columbia Drive-In clean?
Columbia Drive-In is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 28, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Columbia Drive-In?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 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
When was Columbia Drive-In last inspected?
Columbia Drive-In has 1 inspection on record going back to August 28, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2023 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Columbia Drive-In vs West Rancho Dominguez
West Rancho Dominguez runs 98% clean across 95 tracked restaurants — 93 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 95 spots Cooked tracks in West Rancho Dominguez, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.
Other spots in West Rancho Dominguez
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 August 28, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.