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El Taco Sabroso Grill & Pupuseria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 12, 2024
- address11503 Carmenita Rd, Santa Fe Springs 90605
Is El Taco Sabroso Grill & Pupuseria clean?
El Taco Sabroso Grill & Pupuseria is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 12, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Taco Sabroso Grill & Pupuseria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
When was El Taco Sabroso Grill & Pupuseria last inspected?
El Taco Sabroso Grill & Pupuseria has 2 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| November 3, 2023 | Grade A | 97 pts |
El Taco Sabroso Grill & Pupuseria vs South Whittier
South Whittier runs 97% clean across 177 tracked restaurants — 171 clean, 6 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 177 spots Cooked tracks in South Whittier, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 November 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.