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El Pollo Loco #3742
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 17, 2026
- address451 S Vincent Ave, West Covina 91790
Is El Pollo Loco #3742 clean?
El Pollo Loco #3742 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 17, 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 Loco #3742?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was El Pollo Loco #3742 last inspected?
El Pollo Loco #3742 has 4 inspections on record going back to February 12, 2024, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2026 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| April 7, 2026 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| March 27, 2025 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| February 12, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
El Pollo Loco #3742 vs City Of Baldwin Park
City Of Baldwin Park runs 95% clean across 271 tracked restaurants — 257 clean, 10 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 271 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Baldwin Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.
Other spots in City Of Baldwin Park
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 April 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.