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El Tapatio
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 2, 2024
- address1266 S Glendale Ave, Glendale 91205
Is El Tapatio clean?
El Tapatio is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 2, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Tapatio?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
When was El Tapatio last inspected?
El Tapatio has 3 inspections on record going back to August 4, 2023, averaging 89 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| November 30, 2023 | Grade B | 88 pts |
| August 4, 2023 | Grade B | 86 pts |
El Tapatio vs Atwater Village
Atwater Village runs 97% clean across 555 tracked restaurants — 541 clean, 12 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 555 spots Cooked tracks in Atwater Village, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 December 2, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.