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El Guapito Mexican Food
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 6, 2026
- address4040 Gage Ave, Bell 90201
Is El Guapito Mexican Food clean?
El Guapito Mexican Food is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 6, 2026. 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 Guapito Mexican Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTHMULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️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
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was El Guapito Mexican Food last inspected?
El Guapito Mexican Food has 3 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2024, averaging 87 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 6, 2026 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| April 29, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| March 1, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
El Guapito Mexican Food vs City Of Huntington Park
City Of Huntington Park runs 85% clean across 268 tracked restaurants — 228 clean, 32 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 268 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Huntington Park, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 April 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.