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El Mariachi Bar & Grill
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 8, 2026
- address15627 Ventura Blvd, Encino 91436
Is El Mariachi Bar & Grill clean?
El Mariachi Bar & Grill is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 8, 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 Mariachi Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLAN REVIEWPLAN REVIEW
- ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMITPERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcriticalNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was El Mariachi Bar & Grill last inspected?
El Mariachi Bar & Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2023, averaging 87 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| February 2, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| July 12, 2023 | Grade A | 90 pts |
El Mariachi Bar & Grill vs Encino
Encino runs 100% clean across 215 tracked restaurants — 214 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 215 spots Cooked tracks in Encino, 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 May 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.