El Pollo Loco

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score97 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 7, 2025 →
• address330 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles 90026

Is El Pollo Loco clean?

El Pollo Loco is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Pollo Loco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE

When was El Pollo Loco last inspected?

El Pollo Loco has 6 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2023, averaging 95 points.

El Pollo Loco vs Temple-Beaudry

Temple-Beaudry runs 97% clean across 71 tracked restaurants — 69 clean, 1 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 71 spots Cooked tracks in Temple-Beaudry, this one comes out cleaner than 65% 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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 August 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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