Cooked?Buena Comida Mexicana
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 6, 2025 →
- address705 1/2 S Western Ave, Los Angeles 90005
Is Buena Comida Mexicana clean?
Buena Comida Mexicana is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 6, 2025. 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 Buena Comida Mexicana?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
When was Buena Comida Mexicana last inspected?
Buena Comida Mexicana has 1 inspection on record going back to November 6, 2025, averaging 91 points.
November 6, 2025 A
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Against the 329 spots Cooked tracks in Koreatown, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 November 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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