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Kozu Izakaya
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
- address175 N Indian Hills Blvd 102B, Claremont 91711
Is Kozu Izakaya clean?
Kozu Izakaya is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 7, 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 Kozu Izakaya?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTSPERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
When was Kozu Izakaya last inspected?
Kozu Izakaya has 1 inspection on record going back to January 7, 2026, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Kozu Izakaya vs La Verne
La Verne runs 98% clean across 127 tracked restaurants — 124 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 127 spots Cooked tracks in La Verne, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.