Cooked?El Guanaco Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score72 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2026 →
- address2015 W 7Th St, Los Angeles 90057
Is El Guanaco Restaurant clean?
El Guanaco Restaurant is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 13, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at El Guanaco Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
- ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
- ⚠️DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️PROPER COOLING METHODScritical
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was El Guanaco Restaurant last inspected?
El Guanaco Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to October 13, 2023, averaging 85 points.
January 13, 2026 C
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View full inspection →October 18, 2024 A
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View full inspection →October 13, 2023 A
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View full inspection →El Guanaco Restaurant vs Westlake
Westlake runs 95% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 383 clean, 15 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Westlake, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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