Hank's Italian Restaurant

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score85 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 14, 2025
• address3760 W 242Nd St, Torrance 90505

Is Hank's Italian Restaurant clean?

Hank's Italian Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 14, 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 Hank's Italian Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
  # 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
  # 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED

When was Hank's Italian Restaurant last inspected?

Hank's Italian Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2024, averaging 91 points.

Hank's Italian Restaurant vs City Of Torrance

City Of Torrance runs 95% clean across 487 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 487 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Torrance, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 May 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.