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El Patron
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 30, 2026
- address888 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles 90017
Is El Patron clean?
El Patron is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 30, 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 Patron?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLEPERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURESPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANEDTOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was El Patron last inspected?
El Patron has 3 inspections on record going back to October 12, 2023, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2026 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 8, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 12, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
El Patron 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 5% of them.
Other spots in Westlake
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 January 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.