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Carnitas El Artista
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 21, 2025
- address510 N La Brea Ave, Inglewood 90301
Is Carnitas El Artista clean?
Carnitas El Artista is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 21, 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 Carnitas El Artista?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Carnitas El Artista last inspected?
Carnitas El Artista has 2 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 23, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Carnitas El Artista vs View Heights
View Heights runs 94% clean across 111 tracked restaurants — 104 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 111 spots Cooked tracks in View Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.