Cooked?Lotus Tea Lounge
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 27, 2025 →
- address20771 Avalon Blvd, Carson 90746
Is Lotus Tea Lounge clean?
Lotus Tea Lounge is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 27, 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 Lotus Tea Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical# 08. TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
When was Lotus Tea Lounge last inspected?
Lotus Tea Lounge has 2 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2024, averaging 94 points.
March 27, 2025 A
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View full inspection →Lotus Tea Lounge vs City Of Carson
City Of Carson runs 98% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 185 clean, 2 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Carson, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 March 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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