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The Painted Turtle
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 25, 2025
- address17000 Elizabeth Lake Rd, Lake Hughes 93532
Is The Painted Turtle clean?
The Painted Turtle is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 25, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Painted Turtle?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
When was The Painted Turtle last inspected?
The Painted Turtle has 3 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2024, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2025 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| July 11, 2024 | Grade A | 100 pts |
| June 18, 2024 | Grade B | 86 pts |
The Painted Turtle vs Lake Hughes
Lake Hughes runs 100% clean across 5 tracked restaurants — 5 clean, 0 mid, 0 cooked.
Other spots in Lake Hughes
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 June 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.