West End Cafe

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score73 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 15, 2024
• address4343 Spencer St, Torrance 90503

Is West End Cafe clean?

West End Cafe is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 15, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at West End Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
  # 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSED
  # 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSED
• ⚠️# 49. SAMPLES COLLECTED
  # 49. SAMPLES COLLECTED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
  # 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 🍗undercooked food riskcritical
  # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  # 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION

When was West End Cafe last inspected?

West End Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to August 15, 2024, averaging 73 points.

West End Cafe vs City Of Redondo Beach

City Of Redondo Beach runs 98% clean across 463 tracked restaurants — 453 clean, 8 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 463 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Redondo Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.