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Element Palmdale
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 3, 2026
- address39325 Trade Center Dr, Palmdale 93551
Is Element Palmdale clean?
Element Palmdale is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 3, 2026. 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 Element Palmdale?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was Element Palmdale last inspected?
Element Palmdale has 4 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 3, 2026 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| April 17, 2025 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| June 14, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 25, 2023 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Element Palmdale vs Desert View Highlands
Desert View Highlands runs 95% clean across 151 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 8 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 151 spots Cooked tracks in Desert View Highlands, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.
Other spots in Desert View Highlands
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 June 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.