Cooked?Dave's Hot Chicken
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2025 →
- address17400 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance 90504
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 January 29, 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 January 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
When was Dave's Hot Chicken last inspected?
Dave's Hot Chicken has 2 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2024, averaging 93 points.
January 29, 2025 A
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View full inspection →February 8, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Dave's Hot Chicken vs City Of Lawndale
City Of Lawndale runs 99% clean across 280 tracked restaurants — 276 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 280 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 January 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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