Baja California Tacos

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score82 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 12, 2025
• address10831 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles 90034

Is Baja California Tacos clean?

Baja California Tacos is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Baja California Tacos?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
  # 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  # 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
  # 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED

When was Baja California Tacos last inspected?

Baja California Tacos has 2 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2023, averaging 86 points.

Baja California Tacos vs Palms

Palms runs 94% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 14 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Palms, 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 September 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.