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Original Jack's Restaurant & Bakery
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 14, 2023
- address118 Catalina Ave, Avalon 90704
Is Original Jack's Restaurant & Bakery clean?
Original Jack's Restaurant & Bakery is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 14, 2023. 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 Original Jack's Restaurant & Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 14, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 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
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
When was Original Jack's Restaurant & Bakery last inspected?
Original Jack's Restaurant & Bakery has 1 inspection on record going back to August 14, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2023 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Original Jack's Restaurant & Bakery vs City Of Avalon
City Of Avalon runs 90% clean across 70 tracked restaurants — 63 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 70 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Avalon, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
Other spots in City Of Avalon
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 August 14, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.