• gradeGrade B
• inspection score84 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 18, 2026 →
• address7059 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles 90028

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Is Tennessee Hot Chicken clean?

Tennessee Hot Chicken is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. 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 Tennessee Hot Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
• ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
• ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

When was Tennessee Hot Chicken last inspected?

Tennessee Hot Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2024, averaging 89 points.

Tennessee Hot Chicken vs Melrose

Melrose runs 98% clean across 653 tracked restaurants — 637 clean, 13 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 653 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose, 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.

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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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