Dragon Loco Chinese Food

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score81 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 2, 2025
• address1011 W Florence Ave, Los Angeles 90044

Is Dragon Loco Chinese Food clean?

Dragon Loco Chinese Food is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Dragon Loco Chinese Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  # 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🍗undercooked food risk
  # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ☠️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 Dragon Loco Chinese Food last inspected?

Dragon Loco Chinese Food has 2 inspections on record going back to January 16, 2024, averaging 86 points.

Dragon Loco Chinese Food vs Vermont Knolls

Vermont Knolls runs 91% clean across 80 tracked restaurants — 73 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 80 spots Cooked tracks in Vermont Knolls, 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.

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 April 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.