Don Ramirez Liquor

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score96 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 24, 2025
• address2401 Durfee Ave, El Monte 91732

Is Don Ramirez Liquor clean?

Don Ramirez Liquor is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Don Ramirez Liquor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
  FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE

When was Don Ramirez Liquor last inspected?

Don Ramirez Liquor has 3 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2023, averaging 95 points.

Don Ramirez Liquor vs South El Monte

South El Monte runs 95% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 75 clean, 4 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in South El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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 November 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.