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98Th Discount Market
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score83 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 17, 2025
- address9814 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles 90003
Is 98Th Discount Market clean?
98Th Discount Market is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at 98Th Discount Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- ⚠️# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
- 🛠️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
When was 98Th Discount Market last inspected?
98Th Discount Market has 1 inspection on record going back to September 17, 2025, averaging 83 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 17, 2025 | Grade B | 83 pts |
98Th Discount Market vs Vermont Vista
Vermont Vista runs 95% clean across 94 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 2 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 94 spots Cooked tracks in Vermont Vista, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 September 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.