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El Faro Tacos Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 30, 2026
- address13261 Maclay St, San Fernando 91340
Is El Faro Tacos Restaurant clean?
El Faro Tacos Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 30, 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 Faro Tacos Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
When was El Faro Tacos Restaurant last inspected?
El Faro Tacos Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| January 30, 2025 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| April 19, 2024 | Grade A | 92 pts |
El Faro Tacos Restaurant vs City Of San Fernando
City Of San Fernando runs 100% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 202 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in City Of San Fernando, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.
Other spots in City Of San Fernando
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 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.