Cooked?Joy Wok Express
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2024 →
- address3045 Century Blvd, South Gate 90280
Is Joy Wok Express clean?
Joy Wok Express is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 19, 2024. 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 Joy Wok Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧹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
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Joy Wok Express last inspected?
Joy Wok Express has 1 inspection on record going back to March 19, 2024, averaging 91 points.
March 19, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Joy Wok Express 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 22% 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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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 March 19, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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