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Usc Galen Center
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 4, 2024
- address3400 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles 90089
Is Usc Galen Center clean?
Usc Galen Center is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 4, 2024. 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 Usc Galen Center?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
When was Usc Galen Center last inspected?
Usc Galen Center has 4 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 4, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| July 18, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| April 29, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| September 27, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Usc Galen Center vs University Park
University Park runs 94% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 271 clean, 15 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in University Park, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 November 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.