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El Chorizo Meat Market
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 28, 2025
- address15020 Hawthorne Blvd Unit H, Lawndale 90260
Is El Chorizo Meat Market clean?
El Chorizo Meat Market is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 28, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Chorizo Meat Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
When was El Chorizo Meat Market last inspected?
El Chorizo Meat Market has 3 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| October 28, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| February 1, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
El Chorizo Meat Market 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 44% 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 August 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.