Cooked?El Pollo Inka
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 4, 2026 →
- address15400 Hawthorne Blvd Ste #D, Lawndale 90260
Is El Pollo Inka clean?
El Pollo Inka is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 4, 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 Pollo Inka?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER COOLING METHODS
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was El Pollo Inka last inspected?
El Pollo Inka has 3 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2024, averaging 87 points.
February 4, 2026 A
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View full inspection →March 25, 2025 A
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View full inspection →March 14, 2024 B
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View full inspection →El Pollo Inka vs City Of Lawndale
City Of Lawndale runs 99% clean across 280 tracked restaurants — 276 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 280 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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