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Soulfood Shack
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 23, 2025
- address1762 W El Segundo Blvd, Gardena 90249
Is Soulfood Shack clean?
Soulfood Shack is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 23, 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 Soulfood Shack?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Soulfood Shack last inspected?
Soulfood Shack has 2 inspections on record going back to June 4, 2024, averaging 85 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2025 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| June 4, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Soulfood Shack vs Hawthorne
Hawthorne runs 95% clean across 129 tracked restaurants — 122 clean, 4 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 129 spots Cooked tracks in Hawthorne, 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 July 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.