Sky Boba
19800 Hawthorne Blvd Unit 216, Torrance, CA 90503
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 3 of 3 graded inspections since 2025.
- Last inspected Aug 18, 2026: passed with 12 violations, 2 critical.
- Keeps coming up: Proper hot and cold holding temperatures, cited 2 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.
- #11 in Torrance's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 5 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 3 visits
- 2026
- Passed Aug 18
Owner Requested Reinspection
12 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
- Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Signs posted; last inspection report available
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities; supplied and accessible
- Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Personal cleanliness and hair restraints
- Minor Impoundment/voluntary condemn and dispose (VC&D)/sampling
- Minor Food storage; food storage containers identified
- Minor Equipment/utensils approved: installed; good repair; capacity
- Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained; used; test equipment
- Passed Aug 7
Routine Inspection
15 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Hands clean and properly washed; proper glove use
- Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
- Critical Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities; supplied and accessible
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained; used; test equipment
- Minor Plumbing: fixtures, backflow device, drainage
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
- Minor Food safety certification
- Minor Food storage; food storage containers identified
- Minor Equipment/utensils approved: installed; good repair; capacity
- Minor Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings properly built, maintained and clean
- Minor No unapproved sleeping quarters
- 2025
- Passed Aug 12
Routine Inspection
4 violations
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
- Minor Toxic substances properly identified, stored, used
- Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
- Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
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