Waba Grill

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 28, 2025
• address1907 S Alameda St # 1, Los Angeles 90058

Is Waba Grill clean?

Waba Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 28, 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 April 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  # 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  # 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN

When was Waba Grill last inspected?

Waba Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to April 15, 2024, averaging 91 points.

Waba Grill vs Vernon Central

Vernon Central runs 90% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 20 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Vernon Central, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 April 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.