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El Pollo Loco # 5518
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 19, 2026
- address4794 N Peck Rd, El Monte 91732
Is El Pollo Loco # 5518 clean?
El Pollo Loco # 5518 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 19, 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 # 5518?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was El Pollo Loco # 5518 last inspected?
El Pollo Loco # 5518 has 3 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| February 8, 2025 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| February 7, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
El Pollo Loco # 5518 vs Arcadia
Arcadia runs 94% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Arcadia, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.
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 May 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.