Cooked?Vip Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score77 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 24, 2024 →
- address705 1/2 S Western Ave, Los Angeles 90005
Is Vip Chinese Restaurant clean?
Vip Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 24, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Vip Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Vip Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Vip Chinese Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to December 13, 2023, averaging 84 points.
September 24, 2024 C
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View full inspection →December 13, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Vip Chinese Restaurant vs Koreatown
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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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 September 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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