Cooked?Wawaji Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score83 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026 →
- address120 S Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park 91754
Is Wawaji Restaurant clean?
Wawaji Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. 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 Wawaji Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️PLAN REVIEW
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
When was Wawaji Restaurant last inspected?
Wawaji Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to January 20, 2026, averaging 83 points.
January 20, 2026 B
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View full inspection →Wawaji Restaurant vs City Of Monterey Park
City Of Monterey Park runs 85% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 212 clean, 32 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Monterey Park, 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.
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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 January 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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