Cooked?El Gallito Market
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 20, 2024 →
- address12242 E Valley Blvd, El Monte 91732
Is El Gallito Market clean?
El Gallito Market is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 20, 2024. 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 Gallito Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 20, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- ⚠️# 18. COMPLIANCE WITH VARIANCE, SPECIALIZED PROCESS, & HACCP PLAN
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
When was El Gallito Market last inspected?
El Gallito Market has 2 inspections on record going back to January 20, 2024, averaging 91 points.
September 20, 2024 A
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View full inspection →January 20, 2024 A
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View full inspection →El Gallito Market vs South El Monte
South El Monte runs 95% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 75 clean, 4 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in South El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 20, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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