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Arco
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score87 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 15, 2025
- address1761 N Paramount Blvd, Montebello 90640
Is Arco clean?
Arco is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Arco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENTWAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCEcriticalFOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTHMULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
When was Arco last inspected?
Arco has 2 inspections on record going back to July 31, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2025 | Grade B | 87 pts |
| July 31, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Arco vs South San Gabriel
South San Gabriel runs 97% clean across 97 tracked restaurants — 94 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 97 spots Cooked tracks in South San Gabriel, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.
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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 December 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.