Cooked?Don Ruben Mexican Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 15, 2025 →
- address12006 E Carson St, Hawaiian Gardens 90716
Is Don Ruben Mexican Grill clean?
Don Ruben Mexican Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 15, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Don Ruben Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
When was Don Ruben Mexican Grill last inspected?
Don Ruben Mexican Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2023, averaging 93 points.
December 15, 2025 A
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View full inspection →September 13, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Don Ruben Mexican Grill vs City Of Hawaiian Gardens
City Of Hawaiian Gardens runs 98% clean across 116 tracked restaurants — 114 clean, 1 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 116 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Hawaiian Gardens, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 December 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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