Cooked?El Pollo Loco
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score97 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 17, 2025 →
- address6411 N Sepulveda Blvd Ste #2G, Van Nuys 91411
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 September 17, 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 September 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was El Pollo Loco last inspected?
El Pollo Loco has 3 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2023, averaging 97 points.
September 17, 2025 A
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View full inspection →August 20, 2024 A
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View full inspection →July 25, 2023 A
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View full inspection →El Pollo Loco vs Van Nuys
Van Nuys runs 98% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Van Nuys, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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