Cooked?Sam's Liquor
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026 →
- address9660 Garvey Ave, South El Monte 91733
Is Sam's Liquor clean?
Sam's Liquor is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sam's Liquor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
When was Sam's Liquor last inspected?
Sam's Liquor has 3 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2024, averaging 96 points.
January 7, 2026 A
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View full inspection →April 15, 2025 A
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View full inspection →February 1, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Sam's Liquor vs El Monte
El Monte runs 88% clean across 204 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 204 spots Cooked tracks in El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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