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Waba Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 23, 2025
- address11655 Valley Blvd, El Monte 91731
Is Waba Grill clean?
Waba Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Waba Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER EATING, DRINKING, OR TOBACCO USEPROPER EATING, DRINKING, OR TOBACCO USE
- ⚠️GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINEDGARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was Waba Grill last inspected?
Waba Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2024, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2025 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| December 16, 2025 | Grade B | 89 pts |
| February 11, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| March 9, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
Waba Grill vs City Of El Monte
City Of El Monte runs 94% clean across 308 tracked restaurants — 288 clean, 16 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 308 spots Cooked tracks in City Of El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 December 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.