• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 4, 2026 →
• address145 N La Brea Ave Unit B, Los Angeles 90036

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Is Nong La Cafe clean?

Nong La Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 4, 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 Nong La Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
• ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USEcritical

When was Nong La Cafe last inspected?

Nong La Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2024, averaging 94 points.

Nong La Cafe vs Melrose

Melrose runs 98% clean across 653 tracked restaurants — 637 clean, 13 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 653 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 June 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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