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.

• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
  IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
• ⚠️PROPER COOLING METHODScritical
  PROPER COOLING METHODS
• ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
  FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
  WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
  NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
  PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
• ⚠️DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
  DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
  ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

When was El Guanaco Restaurant last inspected?

El Guanaco Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to October 13, 2023, averaging 85 points.

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.

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.