Cooked?El Pescador Downey
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 6, 2025 →
- address12002 Lakewood Blvd, Downey 90242
Is El Pescador Downey clean?
El Pescador Downey is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 6, 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 Pescador Downey?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
When was El Pescador Downey last inspected?
El Pescador Downey has 2 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2024, averaging 90 points.
February 6, 2025 A
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View full inspection →June 16, 2024 A
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View full inspection →El Pescador Downey vs City Of Downey
City Of Downey runs 92% clean across 380 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 23 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 380 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Downey, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 February 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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