Dona Inez Restaurante Tu Cocina Mexicana

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 11, 2026
• address847 Santee St, Los Angeles 90014

Is Dona Inez Restaurante Tu Cocina Mexicana clean?

Dona Inez Restaurante Tu Cocina Mexicana is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 11, 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 Dona Inez Restaurante Tu Cocina Mexicana?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLE
  PERMITS AVAILABLE
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
  PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
  THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
  IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING

When was Dona Inez Restaurante Tu Cocina Mexicana last inspected?

Dona Inez Restaurante Tu Cocina Mexicana has 2 inspections on record going back to April 4, 2024, averaging 88 points.

Dona Inez Restaurante Tu Cocina Mexicana vs Little Tokyo

Little Tokyo runs 95% clean across 905 tracked restaurants — 863 clean, 33 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 905 spots Cooked tracks in Little Tokyo, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 May 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.