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K&A Caton Chinese Rest
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 26, 2025
- address9840 National Blvd, Los Angeles 90034
Is K&A Caton Chinese Rest clean?
K&A Caton Chinese Rest is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 26, 2025. 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 K&A Caton Chinese Rest?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
When was K&A Caton Chinese Rest last inspected?
K&A Caton Chinese Rest has 3 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| February 21, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| September 5, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
K&A Caton Chinese Rest vs Venice
Venice runs 95% clean across 333 tracked restaurants — 318 clean, 12 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 333 spots Cooked tracks in Venice, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.