Cooked?New Chinatown Express
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 29, 2024 →
- address5554 Woodruff Ave, Lakewood 90713
Is New Chinatown Express clean?
New Chinatown Express is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at New Chinatown Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2024, 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
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🍗undercooked food risk# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
When was New Chinatown Express last inspected?
New Chinatown Express has 3 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2023, averaging 82 points.
August 29, 2024 A
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View full inspection →August 15, 2024 C
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View full inspection →October 18, 2023 A
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View full inspection →New Chinatown Express vs City Of Lakewood
City Of Lakewood runs 99% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 147 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lakewood, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 August 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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