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El Mexicano Market
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2026
- address1900 E Alondra Blvd, Compton 90221
Is El Mexicano Market clean?
El Mexicano Market is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 26, 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 Mexicano Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLEHOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANEDTOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
When was El Mexicano Market last inspected?
El Mexicano Market has 3 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2023, averaging 87 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2026 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| February 18, 2025 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| September 5, 2023 | Grade B | 80 pts |
El Mexicano Market vs East Rancho Dominguez
East Rancho Dominguez runs 93% clean across 88 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 6 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 88 spots Cooked tracks in East Rancho Dominguez, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.
Other spots in East Rancho Dominguez
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 February 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.