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The Elm Cuisine
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 3, 2024
- address44844 Elm Ave, Lancaster 93534
Is The Elm Cuisine clean?
The Elm Cuisine is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 3, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Elm Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
When was The Elm Cuisine last inspected?
The Elm Cuisine has 1 inspection on record going back to January 3, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
The Elm Cuisine vs City Of Lancaster
City Of Lancaster runs 96% clean across 411 tracked restaurants — 396 clean, 14 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 411 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lancaster, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 January 3, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.