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El Sol
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 14, 2025
- address2901 1/2 Honolulu Ave, La Crescenta 91214
Is El Sol clean?
El Sol is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 14, 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 Sol?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was El Sol last inspected?
El Sol has 4 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| November 4, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| February 1, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
| August 8, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
El Sol vs La Crescenta-Montrose
La Crescenta-Montrose runs 99% clean across 196 tracked restaurants — 194 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 196 spots Cooked tracks in La Crescenta-Montrose, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.
Other spots in La Crescenta-Montrose
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 July 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.