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El Puerto Escondido
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score85 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 8, 2026
- address915 W Arbor Vitae St, Inglewood 90304
Is El Puerto Escondido clean?
El Puerto Escondido is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Puerto Escondido?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️COMPLIANCE WITH SHELLSTOCK TAGS, CONDITION, DISPLAYcriticalCOMPLIANCE WITH SHELLSTOCK TAGS, CONDITION, DISPLAY
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTHMULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTEDFOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️PLAN REVIEWPLAN REVIEW
When was El Puerto Escondido last inspected?
El Puerto Escondido has 2 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2026 | Grade B | 85 pts |
| January 31, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
El Puerto Escondido vs Crestview
Crestview runs 96% clean across 119 tracked restaurants — 114 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 119 spots Cooked tracks in Crestview, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.
Other spots in Crestview
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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.