Paradise Buffet

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score91 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 1, 2025 →
• address6257 Atlantic Ave, Bell 90201

Is Paradise Buffet clean?

Paradise Buffet is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 1, 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 Paradise Buffet?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 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
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED

When was Paradise Buffet last inspected?

Paradise Buffet has 2 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2024, averaging 91 points.

Paradise Buffet vs City Of Bell

City Of Bell runs 83% clean across 99 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 12 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 99 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Bell, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

Other spots in City Of Bell

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• B La Estrellita Market
  mid · October 6, 2025
• C Chato's Tacos
  cooked · December 1, 2025
• A Cuernavaca's Grill
  clean · March 3, 2025
• A 7-Eleven #39037
  clean · February 26, 2026
• A Birrieria Esquivel
  clean · May 14, 2025

See every restaurant inspection in City Of Bell →

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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 April 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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