Yoway

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score71 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
• address17901 S Vermont Ave # D, Gardena 90248

Is Yoway clean?

Yoway is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 30, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Yoway?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
  FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
  TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
• ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
  PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
• ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• ⚠️SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
  SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
• ⚠️NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SUSPEND
  NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SUSPEND
• ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
  MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
  FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
  IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
  PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
  TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
  PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
  HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLE
  PERMITS AVAILABLE

When was Yoway last inspected?

Yoway has 2 inspections on record going back to April 26, 2024, averaging 80 points.

Yoway vs Harbor Gateway

Harbor Gateway runs 94% clean across 199 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 8 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 199 spots Cooked tracks in Harbor Gateway, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

Other spots in Harbor Gateway

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• A The Boiling Crab
  clean · April 18, 2025
• A In-N-Out Burger #310
  clean · August 19, 2025
• A Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong
  clean · January 15, 2026
• A Miss Donuts & Bakery
  clean · September 9, 2025
• A Baskin Robbins
  clean · August 19, 2025

See every restaurant inspection in Harbor Gateway →

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 October 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.