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Repeat offenders

Cited for the same thing, again and again

Restaurants flagged for the same serious violation on consecutive inspections. Not a one-off, a pattern.

2,138
restaurants, about 6%, repeated a serious violation
217
did it three inspections in a row

Three strikes and counting

HAPPY RICE CAKE HOUSE
rodents or insects ×3
CHARCOAL GRILL CHICKEN
handwashing ×3
COLONIAL KITCHEN
dirty food-contact surfaces ×3 · holding temperature ×2
MARIE CALLENDER'S
holding temperature ×3
AZUL TEQUILA GRILL LLC
dirty food-contact surfaces ×3
EL CHINO RESTAURANT
holding temperature ×3
UNCLE BERNIE'S DELI
toxic items ×3 · handwashing ×2
RAMEN OF YORK 5051
holding temperature ×3
DEL TACO
dirty food-contact surfaces ×3 · holding temperature ×3
MANANTIAL FROZEN TREATS
handwashing ×3

These aren't accidents that got cleaned up by the next visit. They're the same serious problem, found again, and in these cases a third time. Tap any name for its full inspection history.

"Serious" means the county's illness-risk violations: vermin, holding temperature, handwashing, dirty food-contact surfaces, toxic items. Every number here comes from the LA County Department of Public Health inspection record. We translate the record; we don't change it. Cleanplate is not affiliated with or endorsed by the county.

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