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Happy Buddha Kitchen, Inc
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 23, 2026
- address5551 Rosemead Blvd, Temple City 91780
Is Happy Buddha Kitchen, Inc clean?
Happy Buddha Kitchen, Inc is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 23, 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 Happy Buddha Kitchen, Inc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
When was Happy Buddha Kitchen, Inc last inspected?
Happy Buddha Kitchen, Inc has 4 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2023, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2026 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| June 3, 2026 | Grade C | 78 pts |
| March 4, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| July 26, 2023 | Grade A | 93 pts |
Happy Buddha Kitchen, Inc vs Northeast San Gabriel
Northeast San Gabriel runs 97% clean across 102 tracked restaurants — 99 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 102 spots Cooked tracks in Northeast San Gabriel, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 June 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.