Tasty Zone Bbq

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score80 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 17, 2025 →
• address523 S San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel 91776

Is Tasty Zone Bbq clean?

Tasty Zone Bbq is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Tasty Zone Bbq?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
• ⚠️# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED

When was Tasty Zone Bbq last inspected?

Tasty Zone Bbq has 5 inspections on record going back to December 11, 2023, averaging 77 points.

Tasty Zone Bbq vs City Of San Gabriel

City Of San Gabriel runs 90% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 468 clean, 38 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in City Of San Gabriel, 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.

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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 September 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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