Spires Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score91 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 4, 2024 →
• address22327 S Wilmington Ave, Carson 90745

Is Spires Restaurant clean?

Spires Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 4, 2024. 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 Spires Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD

When was Spires Restaurant last inspected?

Spires Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2023, averaging 94 points.

Spires Restaurant vs City Of Carson

City Of Carson runs 98% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 185 clean, 2 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Carson, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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.

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 September 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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