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El Cafe Talito
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score74 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 22, 2024
- address5300 E Washington Blvd, Commerce 90040
Is El Cafe Talito clean?
El Cafe Talito is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 22, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at El Cafe Talito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 22, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink issues# 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🍗undercooked food riskcritical# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was El Cafe Talito last inspected?
El Cafe Talito has 1 inspection on record going back to August 22, 2024, averaging 74 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2024 | Grade C | 74 pts |
El Cafe Talito vs City Of Commerce
City Of Commerce runs 88% clean across 136 tracked restaurants — 120 clean, 12 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 136 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Commerce, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.
Other spots in City Of Commerce
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 August 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.