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Barbacoa Hidalguense
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 20, 2026
- address1428 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas 89104
Is Barbacoa Hidalguense clean?
Barbacoa Hidalguense is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on February 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Barbacoa Hidalguense?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.
- ⚠️TCS food at proper temperatures.criticalTCS food at proper temperatures.
- ⚠️TCS food labeled and dated as required. Food sold for offsite consumption labeled properly. Records, logs, policies, and procedures maintained and available when required.TCS food labeled and dated as required. Food sold for offsite consumption labeled properly. Records, logs, policies, and procedures maintained and available when required.
- ⚠️Utensils, equipment, linens, single-service/single-use items properly handled, stored, and dispensed.Utensils, equipment, linens, single-service/single-use items properly handled, stored, and dispensed.
When was Barbacoa Hidalguense last inspected?
Barbacoa Hidalguense has 10 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2022, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2026 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| July 11, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| January 15, 2025 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| December 17, 2024 | Grade B | 16 pts |
| July 24, 2024 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| May 21, 2024 | Grade C | 11 pts |
| April 4, 2024 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| October 3, 2023 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| August 24, 2023 | Grade B | 20 pts |
| July 12, 2022 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Barbacoa Hidalguense vs Las Vegas
Las Vegas runs 99% clean across 12,050 tracked restaurants — 11,124 clean, 107 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 12,050 spots Cooked tracks in Las Vegas, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.
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How Las Vegas grades restaurants
The Southern Nevada Health District grades on demerits, and here more is worse: roughly 0–10 demerits earns an A, 11–20 a B, and 21 or more a C. Serious problems can skip the ladder entirely — an imminent health hazard gets the permit suspended and the kitchen shut on the spot, which shows up as a closure rather than a letter. SNHD covers all of Clark County, so Henderson, North Las Vegas and the unincorporated Strip all run the same scheme. Cooked reads A as clean, B as mid, C or a closure as cooked.
Source: Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) via SNHD Restaurant Inspections. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.