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Usc The Lab
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address3500 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles 90007
Is Usc The Lab clean?
Usc The Lab is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Usc The Lab?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLESIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Usc The Lab last inspected?
Usc The Lab has 8 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2023, averaging 97 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| December 10, 2025 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| June 24, 2025 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| March 14, 2025 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| December 10, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| April 10, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| November 29, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| August 30, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Usc The Lab 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 61% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.