Richie's Hot Chicken

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score80 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 30, 2025
• address19044 La Puente Rd, West Covina 91792

Is Richie's Hot Chicken clean?

Richie's Hot Chicken is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 30, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Richie's Hot Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
  # 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
  # 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
  # 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• ⚠️# 45. SLEEPING QUARTERS
  # 45. SLEEPING QUARTERS
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
  # 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE

When was Richie's Hot Chicken last inspected?

Richie's Hot Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to December 13, 2023, averaging 87 points.

Richie's Hot Chicken vs San Jose Hills

San Jose Hills runs 86% clean across 223 tracked restaurants — 192 clean, 24 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 223 spots Cooked tracks in San Jose Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 September 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.