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El Farolito
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 16, 2026
- address2737 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90006
Is El Farolito clean?
El Farolito is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 16, 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 Farolito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLAN REVIEWPLAN REVIEW
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
When was El Farolito last inspected?
El Farolito has 3 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2024, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2026 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| February 27, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| January 10, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
El Farolito vs Harvard Heights
Harvard Heights runs 95% clean across 142 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 142 spots Cooked tracks in Harvard Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.
Other spots in Harvard Heights
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 April 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.