Cooked?Legend Hot Chicken
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 1, 2026 →
- address6402 Florence Ave, Bell Gardens 90201
Is Legend Hot Chicken clean?
Legend Hot Chicken is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 1, 2026. 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 Legend Hot Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
When was Legend Hot Chicken last inspected?
Legend Hot Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2024, averaging 89 points.
April 1, 2026 B
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View full inspection →April 22, 2025 A
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View full inspection →May 13, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Legend Hot Chicken vs City Of Bell Gardens
City Of Bell Gardens runs 92% clean across 231 tracked restaurants — 212 clean, 19 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 231 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Bell Gardens, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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