Garcias Mini Market Carniceria

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score74 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 22, 2025
• address1644 W Carson St Unit F, Torrance 90501

Is Garcias Mini Market Carniceria clean?

Garcias Mini Market Carniceria is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Garcias Mini Market Carniceria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
  # 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  # 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🐀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
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
  # 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
  # 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE

When was Garcias Mini Market Carniceria last inspected?

Garcias Mini Market Carniceria has 3 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2024, averaging 79 points.

Garcias Mini Market Carniceria vs West Carson

West Carson runs 93% clean across 397 tracked restaurants — 368 clean, 23 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 397 spots Cooked tracks in West Carson, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in West Carson

• A Rice Kitchen
  clean · July 29, 2025
• A Sei Ko En
  clean · January 28, 2026
• A Ben Scoops
  clean · July 1, 2025
• A Local Kitchen An American Tavern
  clean · April 8, 2026
• A Jose Alfredos Mexican Food
  clean · May 14, 2026
• A Sur City Arco
  clean · August 22, 2024

See every restaurant inspection in West Carson →

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 August 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.