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Gaetano's Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 1, 2025
- address2731 Pacific Coast Hwy, Torrance 90505
Is Gaetano's Restaurant clean?
Gaetano's Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 1, 2025. 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 Gaetano's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
When was Gaetano's Restaurant last inspected?
Gaetano's Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2024, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2025 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| March 19, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Gaetano's Restaurant vs City Of Lomita
City Of Lomita runs 97% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lomita, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.
Other spots in City Of Lomita
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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.