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South La Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 22, 2024
- address900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles 90007
Is South La Cafe clean?
South La Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 22, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at South La Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 22, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
When was South La Cafe last inspected?
South La Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to November 22, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 22, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
South La Cafe vs Exposition Park
Exposition Park runs 97% clean across 171 tracked restaurants — 166 clean, 4 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 171 spots Cooked tracks in Exposition Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 November 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.