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Kung Pao Palace
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 20, 2025
- address12331 Imperial Hwy, Norwalk 90650
Is Kung Pao Palace clean?
Kung Pao Palace is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 20, 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 Kung Pao Palace?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- ⚠️# 32. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED# 32. FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was Kung Pao Palace last inspected?
Kung Pao Palace has 1 inspection on record going back to August 20, 2025, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Kung Pao Palace vs City Of Norwalk
City Of Norwalk runs 97% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 258 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Norwalk, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.