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Two Hands Hot Dog
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score82 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2026
- address118 Japanese Village Plaza Mall 118, Los Angeles 90012
Is Two Hands Hot Dog clean?
Two Hands Hot Dog is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Two Hands Hot Dog?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFINGPREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTHMULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDScriticalTIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Two Hands Hot Dog last inspected?
Two Hands Hot Dog has 3 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2023, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2026 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| October 18, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| December 15, 2023 | Grade A | 93 pts |
Two Hands Hot Dog 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 2% of them.
Other spots in Little Tokyo
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 March 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.