Cooked?News Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 21, 2025 →
- address10201 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90064
Is News Cafe clean?
News Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at News Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
When was News Cafe last inspected?
News Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2023, averaging 96 points.
August 21, 2025 A
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View full inspection →December 14, 2023 A
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View full inspection →News Cafe vs Century City
Century City runs 98% clean across 338 tracked restaurants — 330 clean, 6 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 338 spots Cooked tracks in Century City, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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