Cooked?
Bottle & Cork Liquor
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score99 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 2, 2025
- address12086 E Valley Blvd, El Monte 91732
Is Bottle & Cork Liquor clean?
Bottle & Cork Liquor is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bottle & Cork Liquor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was Bottle & Cork Liquor last inspected?
Bottle & Cork Liquor has 2 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2024, averaging 98 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2025 | Grade A | 99 pts |
| March 1, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Bottle & Cork Liquor vs South El Monte
South El Monte runs 95% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 75 clean, 4 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in South El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 95% of them.
Other spots in South El Monte
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 July 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.