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El Pollo Loco
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score97 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 13, 2026
- address7851 Foothill Blvd, Sunland 91301
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 April 13, 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 April 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
When was El Pollo Loco last inspected?
El Pollo Loco has 3 inspections on record going back to March 4, 2024, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 13, 2026 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| April 7, 2025 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| March 4, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
El Pollo Loco vs Tujunga
Tujunga runs 98% clean across 117 tracked restaurants — 115 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 117 spots Cooked tracks in Tujunga, this one comes out cleaner than 49% of them.
Other spots in Tujunga
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 April 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.