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El Merendero Restaurant #2
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 21, 2026
- address242 S Garey Ave, Pomona 91766
Is El Merendero Restaurant #2 clean?
El Merendero Restaurant #2 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Merendero Restaurant #2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was El Merendero Restaurant #2 last inspected?
El Merendero Restaurant #2 has 3 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2024, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| September 26, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| January 25, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
El Merendero Restaurant #2 vs City Of Pomona
City Of Pomona runs 94% clean across 540 tracked restaurants — 506 clean, 28 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 540 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Pomona, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.