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El Criollo Cuban Bar & Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 24, 2025
- address916 W Burbank Blvd Ste #D, Burbank 91506
Is El Criollo Cuban Bar & Grill clean?
El Criollo Cuban Bar & Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 24, 2025. 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 Criollo Cuban Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was El Criollo Cuban Bar & Grill last inspected?
El Criollo Cuban Bar & Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to February 29, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2025 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| February 29, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
El Criollo Cuban Bar & Grill vs Echo Park
Echo Park runs 97% clean across 102 tracked restaurants — 99 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 102 spots Cooked tracks in Echo Park, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 June 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.