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The Castle
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 10, 2025
- address2401 N Sepulveda Blvd, Manhattan Beach 90266
Is The Castle clean?
The Castle is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 10, 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 The Castle?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹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# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 24. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT AND PERFORMS DUTIES# 24. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT AND PERFORMS DUTIES
When was The Castle last inspected?
The Castle has 2 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 10, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 25, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
The Castle vs City Of Manhattan Beach
City Of Manhattan Beach runs 97% clean across 130 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 4 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 130 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Manhattan Beach, 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.
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 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.