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New China Gate Express
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 6, 2025
- address2607 Santa Ana St, South Gate 90280
Is New China Gate Express clean?
New China Gate Express is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at New China Gate Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🍗undercooked food riskcritical# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
When was New China Gate Express last inspected?
New China Gate Express has 2 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2024, averaging 84 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2025 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| June 13, 2024 | Grade B | 88 pts |
New China Gate Express vs Walnut Park
Walnut Park runs 89% clean across 266 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 22 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 266 spots Cooked tracks in Walnut Park, 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.
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 May 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.