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King Buffet
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 22, 2026
- address1375 N Western Ave, Los Angeles 90027
Is King Buffet clean?
King Buffet is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 22, 2026. 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 King Buffet?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDScriticalTIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTEDFOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
When was King Buffet last inspected?
King Buffet has 6 inspections on record going back to July 11, 2023, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2026 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 15, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| January 10, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| November 27, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| November 14, 2023 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| July 11, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
King Buffet vs Little Armenia
Little Armenia runs 97% clean across 289 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 9 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 289 spots Cooked tracks in Little Armenia, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 April 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.