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Freehand
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 21, 2024
- address416 W 8Th St, Los Angeles 90014
Is Freehand clean?
Freehand is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 21, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Freehand?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 21, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Freehand last inspected?
Freehand has 2 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| March 23, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Freehand 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 29% of them.
Other spots in Little Tokyo
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 December 21, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.