• gradeGrade A
• inspection score96 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 16, 2026 →
• address13757 Van Nuys Blvd, Pacoima 91331

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Is El Mero Mero clean?

El Mero Mero is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Mero Mero?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLE

When was El Mero Mero last inspected?

El Mero Mero has 3 inspections on record going back to July 31, 2023, averaging 95 points.

El Mero Mero vs Arleta

Arleta runs 98% clean across 110 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 110 spots Cooked tracks in Arleta, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 April 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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