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El Chato Carnitas And Chicharrones Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 23, 2025
- address1389 N Hacienda Blvd, La Puente 91744
Is El Chato Carnitas And Chicharrones Restaurant clean?
El Chato Carnitas And Chicharrones Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 23, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Chato Carnitas And Chicharrones Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
- ⚠️# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
When was El Chato Carnitas And Chicharrones Restaurant last inspected?
El Chato Carnitas And Chicharrones Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2023, averaging 85 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2025 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| October 29, 2024 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| December 8, 2023 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| September 7, 2023 | Grade A | 91 pts |
El Chato Carnitas And Chicharrones Restaurant vs West Puente Valley
West Puente Valley runs 93% clean across 214 tracked restaurants — 200 clean, 10 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 214 spots Cooked tracks in West Puente Valley, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 September 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.