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Dave's Hot Chicken
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score98 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 13, 2025
- address970 N Western Ave, Los Angeles 90029
Is Dave's Hot Chicken clean?
Dave's Hot Chicken is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dave's Hot Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was Dave's Hot Chicken last inspected?
Dave's Hot Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2023, averaging 98 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 13, 2025 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| February 28, 2025 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| September 14, 2024 | Grade A | 99 pts |
| February 26, 2024 | Grade A | 100 pts |
| July 12, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Dave's Hot Chicken vs Little Armenia
Little Armenia runs 97% clean across 289 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 9 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 289 spots Cooked tracks in Little Armenia, this one comes out cleaner than 69% 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 August 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.