Cooked?Kaowok Chinese Kitchen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 17, 2025 →
- address12022 Lakewood Blvd, Downey 90242
Is Kaowok Chinese Kitchen clean?
Kaowok Chinese Kitchen is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kaowok Chinese Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️# 32. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
When was Kaowok Chinese Kitchen last inspected?
Kaowok Chinese Kitchen has 3 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2023, averaging 90 points.
January 17, 2025 A
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View full inspection →August 9, 2023 A
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View full inspection →July 13, 2023 B
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View full inspection →Kaowok Chinese Kitchen vs City Of Downey
City Of Downey runs 92% clean across 380 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 23 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 380 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Downey, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 January 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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