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James Service Center
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
- address3950 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Los Angeles 90008
Is James Service Center clean?
James Service Center is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 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 James Service Center?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATETHERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was James Service Center last inspected?
James Service Center has 2 inspections on record going back to May 17, 2024, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2026 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| May 17, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
James Service Center vs Crenshaw District
Crenshaw District runs 91% clean across 55 tracked restaurants — 50 clean, 4 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 55 spots Cooked tracks in Crenshaw District, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.
Other spots in Crenshaw District
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 January 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.