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The Sand Trap
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 11, 2025
- address501 Avalon Canyon Rd, Avalon 90704
Is The Sand Trap clean?
The Sand Trap is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 11, 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 Sand Trap?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was The Sand Trap last inspected?
The Sand Trap has 3 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 11, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| August 17, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| August 14, 2023 | Grade A | 97 pts |
The Sand Trap vs City Of Avalon
City Of Avalon runs 90% clean across 70 tracked restaurants — 63 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 70 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Avalon, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
Other spots in City Of Avalon
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 October 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.