El Guanaco

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score85 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 11, 2025 →
• address5656 Santa Monica Blvd Ste #F, Los Angeles 90038

Is El Guanaco clean?

El Guanaco is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at El Guanaco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
• ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
• ⚠️DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• ⚠️HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USEcritical

When was El Guanaco last inspected?

El Guanaco has 3 inspections on record going back to April 4, 2024, averaging 92 points.

El Guanaco vs Little Armenia

Little Armenia runs 97% clean across 289 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 9 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 289 spots Cooked tracks in Little Armenia, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 December 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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