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Carniceria La Esperanza/Escorpion Investment Entinc
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score82 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 14, 2025
- address13825 Amar Rd Ste E, La Puente 91746
Is Carniceria La Esperanza/Escorpion Investment Entinc clean?
Carniceria La Esperanza/Escorpion Investment Entinc is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 14, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Carniceria La Esperanza/Escorpion Investment Entinc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🍗undercooked food riskcritical# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
When was Carniceria La Esperanza/Escorpion Investment Entinc last inspected?
Carniceria La Esperanza/Escorpion Investment Entinc has 2 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2023, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2025 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| October 4, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
Carniceria La Esperanza/Escorpion Investment Entinc vs Bassett
Bassett runs 95% clean across 116 tracked restaurants — 110 clean, 5 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 116 spots Cooked tracks in Bassett, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 May 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.