Dave's Hot Chicken

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score94 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 16, 2025
• address5247 Clark Ave, Lakewood 90712

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 September 16, 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 September 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
  # 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES

When was Dave's Hot Chicken last inspected?

Dave's Hot Chicken has 2 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2023, averaging 96 points.

Dave's Hot Chicken vs City Of Lakewood

City Of Lakewood runs 99% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 147 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lakewood, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.