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La Cha
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 10, 2026
- address1249 W Carson St, Torrance 90502
Is La Cha clean?
La Cha is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 10, 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 La Cha?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTEDFOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USEcriticalHANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USE
When was La Cha last inspected?
La Cha has 3 inspections on record going back to February 21, 2024, averaging 87 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 10, 2026 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| March 25, 2026 | Grade C | 75 pts |
| February 21, 2024 | Grade A | 92 pts |
La Cha 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 46% of them.
Other spots in West Carson
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 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.