Cooked?El Pollo Loco #5541
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 15, 2025 →
- address235 S Glendale Ave, Glendale 91205
Is El Pollo Loco #5541 clean?
El Pollo Loco #5541 is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 15, 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 Pollo Loco #5541?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was El Pollo Loco #5541 last inspected?
El Pollo Loco #5541 has 5 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2023, averaging 94 points.
September 15, 2025 A
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View full inspection →August 21, 2024 A
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View full inspection →October 10, 2023 A
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View full inspection →October 2, 2023 B
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View full inspection →August 30, 2023 A
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View full inspection →El Pollo Loco #5541 vs Little Bangladesh
Little Bangladesh runs 93% clean across 531 tracked restaurants — 494 clean, 31 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 531 spots Cooked tracks in Little Bangladesh, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 September 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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