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Ginza Ramen
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score75 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 5, 2023
- address709 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles 90005
Is Ginza Ramen clean?
Ginza Ramen is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 5, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Ginza Ramen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 5, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🍽️food left unprotected# 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
When was Ginza Ramen last inspected?
Ginza Ramen has 1 inspection on record going back to December 5, 2023, averaging 75 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2023 | Grade C | 75 pts |
Ginza Ramen 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 1% 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 December 5, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.