Kuanzhai Alley is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 21, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Kuanzhai Alley?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
🛠️gear not up to code
# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
⚠️# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE
# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE
☠️toxic items stored near food
# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
⚠️# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
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 21, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.