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Lab88
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score75 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedFebruary 12, 2026
- address10602 Lower Azusa Rd, El Monte 91731
Is Lab88 clean?
Lab88 is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 12, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Lab88?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcriticalFOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcriticalNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMITPERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
When was Lab88 last inspected?
Lab88 has 5 inspections on record going back to August 31, 2023, averaging 85 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2026 | Grade C | 75 pts |
| August 6, 2025 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| August 22, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| February 13, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| August 31, 2023 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Lab88 vs City Of Temple City
City Of Temple City runs 92% clean across 169 tracked restaurants — 156 clean, 9 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 169 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Temple City, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.
Other spots in City Of Temple City
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 February 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.