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Z Falafel
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 5, 2026
- address806 W 8Th St A, Los Angeles 90017
Is Z Falafel clean?
Z Falafel is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Z Falafel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFINGPREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Z Falafel last inspected?
Z Falafel has 3 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 5, 2026 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| March 25, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| June 10, 2024 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Z Falafel vs Westlake
Westlake runs 95% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 383 clean, 15 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Westlake, this one comes out cleaner than 53% of them.
Other spots in Westlake
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 January 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.