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El Nuevo Sonsonateco Restaur
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 13, 2025
- address2171 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles 90018
Is El Nuevo Sonsonateco Restaur clean?
El Nuevo Sonsonateco Restaur is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Nuevo Sonsonateco Restaur?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was El Nuevo Sonsonateco Restaur last inspected?
El Nuevo Sonsonateco Restaur has 2 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| December 4, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
El Nuevo Sonsonateco Restaur vs Harvard Heights
Harvard Heights runs 95% clean across 142 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 142 spots Cooked tracks in Harvard Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 March 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.