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La Playa Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score78 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 4, 2025
- address1642 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles 90007
Is La Playa Restaurant clean?
La Playa Restaurant is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at La Playa Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 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
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🛠️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
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
When was La Playa Restaurant last inspected?
La Playa Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2024, averaging 84 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2025 | Grade C | 78 pts |
| February 7, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
La Playa Restaurant vs Adams-Normandie
Adams-Normandie runs 93% clean across 80 tracked restaurants — 74 clean, 4 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 80 spots Cooked tracks in Adams-Normandie, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in Adams-Normandie
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 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.