Escala

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 5, 2026 →
• address3451 W 6Th St, Los Angeles 90020

Is Escala clean?

Escala is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 5, 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 Escala?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
• ⚠️APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD

When was Escala last inspected?

Escala has 3 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2023, averaging 92 points.

Escala vs Little Bangladesh

Little Bangladesh runs 93% clean across 531 tracked restaurants — 494 clean, 31 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 531 spots Cooked tracks in Little Bangladesh, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 February 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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