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Sushi Waka Sakara
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2025
- address1740 W Artesia Blvd 2Nd F, Gardena 90248
Is Sushi Waka Sakara clean?
Sushi Waka Sakara is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 8, 2025. 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 Sushi Waka Sakara?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
When was Sushi Waka Sakara last inspected?
Sushi Waka Sakara has 2 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2024, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| April 10, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Sushi Waka Sakara vs Harbor Gateway
Harbor Gateway runs 94% clean across 199 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 8 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 199 spots Cooked tracks in Harbor Gateway, this one comes out cleaner than 47% 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 September 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.