Begin's Cafe Sm

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 28, 2026 →
• address111 N Hill St Ste 255, Los Angeles 90012

Is Begin's Cafe Sm clean?

Begin's Cafe Sm is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 28, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Begin's Cafe Sm?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical

When was Begin's Cafe Sm last inspected?

Begin's Cafe Sm has 3 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2024, averaging 96 points.

Begin's Cafe Sm vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 91% clean across 230 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 19 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 230 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 April 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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