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Waba Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 30, 2025
- address12620 Hawthorne Blvd Unit B, Hawthorne 90250
Is Waba Grill clean?
Waba Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 30, 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 Waba Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
When was Waba Grill last inspected?
Waba Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| August 16, 2023 | Grade A | 95 pts |
Waba Grill vs City Of Hawthorne
City Of Hawthorne runs 99% clean across 121 tracked restaurants — 120 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 121 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Hawthorne, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.
Other spots in City Of Hawthorne
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 May 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.