The Crab Shack

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score92 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 10, 2025
• address1451 W Artesia Blvd # 1, Gardena 90248

Is The Crab Shack clean?

The Crab Shack is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Crab Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
  # 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🛠️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
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE

When was The Crab Shack last inspected?

The Crab Shack has 1 inspection on record going back to March 10, 2025, averaging 92 points.

The Crab Shack vs Harbor Gateway

Harbor Gateway runs 94% clean across 199 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 8 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 199 spots Cooked tracks in Harbor Gateway, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 March 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.