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Borrego's Tacos
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 14, 2023
- address11873 Whittier Blvd, Whittier 90601
Is Borrego's Tacos clean?
Borrego's Tacos is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 14, 2023. 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 Borrego's Tacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 14, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
When was Borrego's Tacos last inspected?
Borrego's Tacos has 1 inspection on record going back to August 14, 2023, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2023 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Borrego's Tacos vs City Of Whittier
City Of Whittier runs 93% clean across 259 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 18 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 259 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Whittier, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 August 14, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.