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El Rancherito Market
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score81 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2025
- address6457 Woodman Ave, Van Nuys 91401
Is El Rancherito Market clean?
El Rancherito Market is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Rancherito Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSED# 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSED
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
When was El Rancherito Market last inspected?
El Rancherito Market has 2 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2023, averaging 83 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2025 | Grade B | 81 pts |
| November 2, 2023 | Grade B | 85 pts |
El Rancherito Market vs Valley Glen
Valley Glen runs 97% clean across 471 tracked restaurants — 458 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 471 spots Cooked tracks in Valley Glen, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in Valley Glen
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 March 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.