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El Rocoto
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 12, 2025
- address1356 W Artesia Blvd, Gardena 90248
Is El Rocoto clean?
El Rocoto is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Rocoto?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was El Rocoto last inspected?
El Rocoto has 2 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| April 5, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
El Rocoto vs Harbor Gateway
Harbor Gateway runs 94% clean across 199 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 8 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 199 spots Cooked tracks in Harbor Gateway, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.
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 August 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.