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El Mixteca Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score85 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 11, 2025
- address3219 Firestone Blvd, South Gate 90280
Is El Mixteca Restaurant clean?
El Mixteca Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2025. 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 Mixteca Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCEcritical# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
When was El Mixteca Restaurant last inspected?
El Mixteca Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2025 | Grade B | 85 pts |
| June 7, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
El Mixteca Restaurant vs Canyon Country
Canyon Country runs 96% clean across 47 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 47 spots Cooked tracks in Canyon Country, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 June 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.