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Happy Liquor
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 27, 2026
- address3882 E 1St St, Los Angeles 90063
Is Happy Liquor clean?
Happy Liquor is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Happy Liquor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFINGPREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Happy Liquor last inspected?
Happy Liquor has 2 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2024, averaging 97 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| April 10, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Happy Liquor vs East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles runs 91% clean across 387 tracked restaurants — 352 clean, 31 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 387 spots Cooked tracks in East Los Angeles, this one comes out cleaner than 62% of them.
Other spots in East Los Angeles
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 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.