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Chile Verde
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address2851 W 120Th St Ste #B, Hawthorne 90250
Is Chile Verde clean?
Chile Verde is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. 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 Chile Verde?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcriticalFOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
When was Chile Verde last inspected?
Chile Verde has 5 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2023, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| August 11, 2025 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| December 2, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| May 16, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| August 25, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Chile Verde vs Hawthorne
Hawthorne runs 95% clean across 129 tracked restaurants — 122 clean, 4 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 129 spots Cooked tracks in Hawthorne, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.