Cooked?El Merendero Restaurant #1
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 19, 2026 →
- address1910 Fairplex Dr, La Verne 91750
Is El Merendero Restaurant #1 clean?
El Merendero Restaurant #1 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 19, 2026. 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 Merendero Restaurant #1?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
When was El Merendero Restaurant #1 last inspected?
El Merendero Restaurant #1 has 2 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2024, averaging 93 points.
May 19, 2026 A
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View full inspection →February 22, 2024 A
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View full inspection →El Merendero Restaurant #1 vs City Of La Verne
City Of La Verne runs 99% clean across 180 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 180 spots Cooked tracks in City Of La Verne, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.
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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 May 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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