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El Nuevo Guanaquito No 2
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score82 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 1, 2026
- address9220 S Western Ave, Los Angeles 90047
Is El Nuevo Guanaquito No 2 clean?
El Nuevo Guanaquito No 2 is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 1, 2026. 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 Nuevo Guanaquito No 2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLEPERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLEcriticalHOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTHMULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMITPERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
When was El Nuevo Guanaquito No 2 last inspected?
El Nuevo Guanaquito No 2 has 4 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2024, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2026 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| August 14, 2025 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| November 25, 2024 | Grade B | 85 pts |
| January 31, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
El Nuevo Guanaquito No 2 vs Gramercy Place
Gramercy Place runs 96% clean across 73 tracked restaurants — 70 clean, 2 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 73 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy Place, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.
Other spots in Gramercy Place
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 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.