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Poncho's Taco Shop
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score3 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 4, 2026
- address1135 W Pioneer Blvd, Mesquite 89027
Is Poncho's Taco Shop clean?
Poncho's Taco Shop is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on February 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Poncho's Taco Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food protected from potential contamination by employees and consumers.Food protected from potential contamination by employees and consumers.
- ⚠️Nonfood contact surfaces and equipment properly constructed, installed, maintained, and clean.Nonfood contact surfaces and equipment properly constructed, installed, maintained, and clean.
When was Poncho's Taco Shop last inspected?
Poncho's Taco Shop has 10 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2020, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2026 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| January 17, 2025 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| January 16, 2025 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| January 19, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| January 18, 2024 | Grade B | 15 pts |
| March 16, 2023 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| April 14, 2022 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| November 9, 2021 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| February 11, 2021 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| October 22, 2020 | Grade A | 8 pts |
Poncho's Taco Shop vs Mesquite
Mesquite runs 96% clean across 205 tracked restaurants — 181 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 205 spots Cooked tracks in Mesquite, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.