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El Amigo
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 6, 2026
- address4600 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Lawndale 90260
Is El Amigo clean?
El Amigo is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 6, 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 El Amigo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATETHERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLEPERMITS AVAILABLE
When was El Amigo last inspected?
El Amigo has 3 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| August 26, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| August 20, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
El Amigo vs City Of Lawndale
City Of Lawndale runs 99% clean across 280 tracked restaurants — 276 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 280 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lawndale, 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 May 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.