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El Torito Cantina Autentica
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score98 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 16, 2026
- address14433 1/2 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks 91423
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 March 16, 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 March 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was El Torito Cantina Autentica last inspected?
El Torito Cantina Autentica has 3 inspections on record going back to July 10, 2023, averaging 98 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2026 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| December 2, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
| July 10, 2023 | Grade A | 98 pts |
El Torito Cantina Autentica vs Sherman Oaks
Sherman Oaks runs 99% clean across 432 tracked restaurants — 428 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 432 spots Cooked tracks in Sherman Oaks, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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 March 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.