Cooked?Nijiya Market - Little Tokyo Store
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 2, 2026 →
- address124 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles 90012
Is Nijiya Market - Little Tokyo Store clean?
Nijiya Market - Little Tokyo Store is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 2, 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 Nijiya Market - Little Tokyo Store?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
When was Nijiya Market - Little Tokyo Store last inspected?
Nijiya Market - Little Tokyo Store has 3 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2024, averaging 95 points.
March 2, 2026 A
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View full inspection →March 13, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Nijiya Market - Little Tokyo Store vs Little Tokyo
Little Tokyo runs 95% clean across 905 tracked restaurants — 863 clean, 33 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 905 spots Cooked tracks in Little Tokyo, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 March 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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