Cooked?Bar Ama
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score97 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 21, 2026 →
- address118 W 4Th St, Los Angeles 90013
Is Bar Ama clean?
Bar Ama is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bar Ama?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was Bar Ama last inspected?
Bar Ama has 3 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2023, averaging 96 points.
May 21, 2026 A
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View full inspection →October 18, 2024 A
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View full inspection →October 17, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Bar Ama vs Little Tokyo
Little Tokyo runs 95% clean across 905 tracked restaurants — 863 clean, 33 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 905 spots Cooked tracks in Little Tokyo, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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