Cooked?Hercules Drive-In Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 20, 2025 →
- address2825 E Imperial Hwy, Lynwood 90262
Is Hercules Drive-In Restaurant clean?
Hercules Drive-In Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Hercules Drive-In Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 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 offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
When was Hercules Drive-In Restaurant last inspected?
Hercules Drive-In Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2024, averaging 82 points.
August 20, 2025 B
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View full inspection →Hercules Drive-In Restaurant vs Watts
Watts runs 92% clean across 78 tracked restaurants — 72 clean, 4 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 78 spots Cooked tracks in Watts, 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.
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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 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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