Cooked?El Indio Mexicano Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 11, 2023 →
- address17019 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge 91325
Is El Indio Mexicano Restaurant clean?
El Indio Mexicano Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 11, 2023. 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 Indio Mexicano Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 11, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
When was El Indio Mexicano Restaurant last inspected?
El Indio Mexicano Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to September 11, 2023, averaging 90 points.
September 11, 2023 A
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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 11, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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