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Kimbap Paradise
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 2, 2025
- address1585 Sepulveda Blvd Ste H, Torrance 90501
Is Kimbap Paradise clean?
Kimbap Paradise is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 2, 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 Kimbap Paradise?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical# 08. TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was Kimbap Paradise last inspected?
Kimbap Paradise has 3 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| April 21, 2025 | Grade B | 84 pts |
| February 16, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Kimbap Paradise vs West Carson
West Carson runs 93% clean across 397 tracked restaurants — 368 clean, 23 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 397 spots Cooked tracks in West Carson, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 May 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.