Urth Caffe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 4, 2024 →
• address451 S Hewitt St, Los Angeles 90013

Is Urth Caffe clean?

Urth Caffe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 4, 2024. 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 Urth Caffe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🍗undercooked food riskcritical
  # 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS

When was Urth Caffe last inspected?

Urth Caffe has 3 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2023, averaging 92 points.

Urth Caffe 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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 September 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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