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Don Tortaco Mexican Grill #1
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 7, 2026
- address4604 W Sahara Ave Ste A7, Las Vegas 89102
Is Don Tortaco Mexican Grill #1 clean?
Don Tortaco Mexican Grill #1 is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on May 7, 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 Don Tortaco Mexican Grill #1?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️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.
- ⚠️Nonfood contact surfaces and equipment properly constructed, installed, maintained, and clean.Nonfood contact surfaces and equipment properly constructed, installed, maintained, and clean.
- ⚠️Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.
- ⚠️Food wholesomecriticalFood wholesome
When was Don Tortaco Mexican Grill #1 last inspected?
Don Tortaco Mexican Grill #1 has 20 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2021, averaging 11 points. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| May 5, 2026 | closed by the city | 11 pts |
| January 12, 2026 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| January 8, 2026 | closed by the city | 19 pts |
| November 18, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| June 4, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| January 24, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| December 17, 2024 | Grade B | 14 pts |
| September 6, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| June 27, 2024 | Grade C | 32 pts |
| March 4, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| February 9, 2024 | Grade B | 20 pts |
Don Tortaco Mexican Grill #1 vs Las Vegas
Las Vegas runs 99% clean across 12,052 tracked restaurants — 11,118 clean, 117 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 12,052 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 May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.