Little China Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 12, 2025
• address18026 S Western Ave, Gardena 90248

Is Little China Restaurant clean?

Little China Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 12, 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 Little China Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🍗undercooked food riskcritical
  # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE

When was Little China Restaurant last inspected?

Little China Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2024, averaging 92 points.

Little China Restaurant vs Harbor Gateway

Harbor Gateway runs 94% clean across 199 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 8 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 199 spots Cooked tracks in Harbor Gateway, 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 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.