Cooked?Wow Cow Korean Barbecue
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score74 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 1, 2026 →
- address10632 Lower Azusa Rd, El Monte 91731
Is Wow Cow Korean Barbecue clean?
Wow Cow Korean Barbecue is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 1, 2026. 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 Wow Cow Korean Barbecue?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️NO UNAPPROVED SLEEPING QUARTERS
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
- ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDScritical
When was Wow Cow Korean Barbecue last inspected?
Wow Cow Korean Barbecue has 5 inspections on record going back to April 4, 2024, averaging 89 points.
May 1, 2026 C
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View full inspection →September 23, 2025 A
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View full inspection →September 2, 2025 B
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View full inspection →May 3, 2025 A
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View full inspection →April 4, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Wow Cow Korean Barbecue vs City Of Temple City
City Of Temple City runs 92% clean across 169 tracked restaurants — 156 clean, 9 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 169 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Temple City, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.
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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 May 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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