Panera Bread #4864

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 10, 2025
• address20700 Avalon Blvd, Carson 90746

Is Panera Bread #4864 clean?

Panera Bread #4864 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 10, 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 Panera Bread #4864?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
  PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
  IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
  PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
  PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

When was Panera Bread #4864 last inspected?

Panera Bread #4864 has 3 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2024, averaging 94 points.

Panera Bread #4864 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.

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 October 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.