Viva El Taco Express Mexican Food

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedApril 9, 2026 →
• address5841 E Charleston Ste 290, Las Vegas 89142

Is Viva El Taco Express Mexican Food clean?

Viva El Taco Express Mexican Food is currently Grade B from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on April 9, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Viva El Taco Express Mexican Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Handwashing (as required, when required, proper glove use, no bare hand contact of ready to eat foods). Food handler health restrictions as required.critical
• ⚠️TCS food properly cooled.critical
• ⚠️TCS food at proper temperatures.critical
• ⚠️Food wholesomecritical

When was Viva El Taco Express Mexican Food last inspected?

Viva El Taco Express Mexican Food has 7 inspections on record going back to March 29, 2021, averaging 10 points.

Viva El Taco Express Mexican Food vs North Las Vegas

North Las Vegas runs 98% clean across 2,510 tracked restaurants — 2,126 clean, 40 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 2,510 spots Cooked tracks in North Las Vegas, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) via SNHD Restaurant Inspections. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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