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Hops And Barley Alehouse
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 22, 2025
- address3905 Tweedy Blvd, South Gate 90280
Is Hops And Barley Alehouse clean?
Hops And Barley Alehouse is currently Grade B 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 mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Hops And Barley Alehouse?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🌡️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
- ⚠️# 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
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🛠️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
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
When was Hops And Barley Alehouse last inspected?
Hops And Barley Alehouse has 2 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2023, averaging 87 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2025 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| August 15, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Hops And Barley Alehouse vs City Of South Gate
City Of South Gate runs 92% clean across 228 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 15 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 228 spots Cooked tracks in City Of South Gate, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 August 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.