Cooked?El Palacio Chapin Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 2, 2025 →
- address360 S Alvarado St #1, Los Angeles 90057
Is El Palacio Chapin Restaurant clean?
El Palacio Chapin Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2025. 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 Palacio Chapin Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
When was El Palacio Chapin Restaurant last inspected?
El Palacio Chapin Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2023, averaging 93 points.
July 2, 2025 A
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View full inspection →December 5, 2024 A
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View full inspection →July 2, 2024 A
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View full inspection →November 28, 2023 A
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View full inspection →El Palacio Chapin Restaurant vs Westlake
Westlake runs 95% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 383 clean, 15 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Westlake, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 July 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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