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El Taco Llama
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 10, 2026
- address8111 Van Nuys Blvd #109, Panorama City 91402
Is El Taco Llama clean?
El Taco Llama is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 10, 2026. 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 Taco Llama?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTEDFOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
When was El Taco Llama last inspected?
El Taco Llama has 3 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2026 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| September 26, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| January 26, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
El Taco Llama vs Panorama City
Panorama City runs 97% clean across 341 tracked restaurants — 332 clean, 9 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 341 spots Cooked tracks in Panorama City, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.
Other spots in Panorama City
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 June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.