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H Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 20, 2025
- address3200 W 8Th St, Los Angeles 90005
Is H Cafe clean?
H Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 20, 2025. 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 H Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
When was H Cafe last inspected?
H Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to July 11, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2025 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| April 23, 2025 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| August 9, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| March 13, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| July 11, 2023 | Grade A | 91 pts |
H Cafe vs Koreatown
Koreatown runs 95% clean across 329 tracked restaurants — 314 clean, 14 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 329 spots Cooked tracks in Koreatown, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 August 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.