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El Pollo Loco
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 10, 2026
- address5001 Wilshire Blvd Ste 101, Los Angeles 90036
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 February 10, 2026. 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 February 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
When was El Pollo Loco last inspected?
El Pollo Loco has 3 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2024, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2026 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| November 7, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| March 14, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
El Pollo Loco vs Brookside
Brookside runs 100% clean across 11 tracked restaurants — 11 clean, 0 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 11 spots Cooked tracks in Brookside, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.
Other spots in Brookside
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 February 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.