Cooked?Sam Woo Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 13, 2026 →
- address11688 South St #105, Artesia 90701
Is Sam Woo Cafe clean?
Sam Woo Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 13, 2026. 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 Sam Woo Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
When was Sam Woo Cafe last inspected?
Sam Woo Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2023, averaging 91 points.
May 13, 2026 A
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View full inspection →May 8, 2026 B
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View full inspection →August 19, 2024 A
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View full inspection →July 13, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Sam Woo Cafe vs City Of Cerritos
City Of Cerritos runs 98% clean across 295 tracked restaurants — 289 clean, 4 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 295 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Cerritos, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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.
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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 May 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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