Cooked?Lonell's Soul Food Cuisine
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025 →
- address8501 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles 90044
Is Lonell's Soul Food Cuisine clean?
Lonell's Soul Food Cuisine is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lonell's Soul Food Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
When was Lonell's Soul Food Cuisine last inspected?
Lonell's Soul Food Cuisine has 1 inspection on record going back to September 2, 2025, averaging 91 points.
September 2, 2025 A
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View full inspection →Lonell's Soul Food Cuisine vs Vermont Knolls
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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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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 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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