Cooked?Coyote Joe's
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score84 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 3, 2024 →
- address113 Catalina Ave, Avalon 90704
Is Coyote Joe's clean?
Coyote Joe's is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 3, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Coyote Joe's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 3, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Coyote Joe's last inspected?
Coyote Joe's has 3 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2023, averaging 86 points.
August 3, 2024 B
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View full inspection →March 9, 2024 B
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View full inspection →August 14, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Coyote Joe's vs City Of Avalon
City Of Avalon runs 90% clean across 70 tracked restaurants — 63 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 70 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Avalon, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 August 3, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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