Cooked?La Costa Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score82 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 22, 2025 →
- address4119 Gage Ave, Bell Gardens 90201
Is La Costa Restaurant clean?
La Costa Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Costa Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
When was La Costa Restaurant last inspected?
La Costa Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2024, averaging 88 points.
September 22, 2025 B
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View full inspection →May 13, 2025 A
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View full inspection →April 9, 2024 A
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View full inspection →March 1, 2024 B
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View full inspection →La Costa Restaurant vs City Of Bell
City Of Bell runs 83% clean across 99 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 12 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 99 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Bell, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 September 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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