Del Taco #862

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2025
• address1816 W Imperial Hwy, Los Angeles 90047

Is Del Taco #862 clean?

Del Taco #862 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 8, 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 Del Taco #862?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
  FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

When was Del Taco #862 last inspected?

Del Taco #862 has 2 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2024, averaging 94 points.

Del Taco #862 vs Athens-Westmont

Athens-Westmont runs 97% clean across 87 tracked restaurants — 84 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 87 spots Cooked tracks in Athens-Westmont, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 October 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.