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Waba Grill
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score85 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 18, 2024
- address8383 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Sun Valley 91352
Is Waba Grill clean?
Waba Grill is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 18, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Waba Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
When was Waba Grill last inspected?
Waba Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2024 | Grade B | 85 pts |
| October 18, 2023 | Grade A | 97 pts |
Waba Grill vs Sun Valley
Sun Valley runs 99% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in Sun Valley, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in Sun Valley
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 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.