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Northrop Cafeteria S-4
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 18, 2026
- address3520 E Avenue M, Palmdale 93550
Is Northrop Cafeteria S-4 clean?
Northrop Cafeteria S-4 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Northrop Cafeteria S-4?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Northrop Cafeteria S-4 last inspected?
Northrop Cafeteria S-4 has 5 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2024, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| September 12, 2025 | Grade A | 100 pts |
| June 27, 2025 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| April 2, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| September 9, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Northrop Cafeteria S-4 vs Palmdale
Palmdale runs 97% clean across 130 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 4 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 130 spots Cooked tracks in Palmdale, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.