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El Torito Cantina Autentica
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score98 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026
- address8855 Tampa Ave, Northridge 91324
Is El Torito Cantina Autentica clean?
El Torito Cantina Autentica is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Torito Cantina Autentica?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANEDTOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTEDFOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
When was El Torito Cantina Autentica last inspected?
El Torito Cantina Autentica has 6 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| February 9, 2026 | Grade B | 84 pts |
| October 16, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| July 27, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| August 24, 2023 | Grade A | 99 pts |
| August 16, 2023 | Grade B | 86 pts |
El Torito Cantina Autentica vs Reseda Ranch
Reseda Ranch runs 98% clean across 151 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 151 spots Cooked tracks in Reseda Ranch, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.