Tender Greens

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 8, 2025 →
• address21247 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance 90503

Is Tender Greens clean?

Tender Greens is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 8, 2025. 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 Tender Greens?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  # 08. TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️# 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 Tender Greens last inspected?

Tender Greens has 4 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2023, averaging 90 points.

Tender Greens vs City Of Torrance

City Of Torrance runs 95% clean across 487 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 487 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Torrance, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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