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El Taurino
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 9, 2025
- address1104 S Hoover St, Los Angeles 90006
Is El Taurino clean?
El Taurino is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 9, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Taurino?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
When was El Taurino last inspected?
El Taurino has 4 inspections on record going back to August 17, 2023, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 9, 2025 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| August 20, 2025 | Grade C | 78 pts |
| August 1, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| August 17, 2023 | Grade A | 95 pts |
El Taurino vs Pico-Union
Pico-Union runs 97% clean across 426 tracked restaurants — 413 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 426 spots Cooked tracks in Pico-Union, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 September 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.