Cooked?Cafe Rio Mexican Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 5, 2026 →
- address24230 Valencia Blvd, Valencia 91355
Is Cafe Rio Mexican Grill clean?
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Rio Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
When was Cafe Rio Mexican Grill last inspected?
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2024, averaging 93 points.
May 5, 2026 A
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View full inspection →August 23, 2024 A
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View full inspection →February 7, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Cafe Rio Mexican Grill vs City Of Santa Clarita
City Of Santa Clarita runs 96% clean across 570 tracked restaurants — 545 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 570 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Santa Clarita, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 May 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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