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El Unico Meat Market & Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score72 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 10, 2025
- address7909 California Ave, Huntington Park 90255
Is El Unico Meat Market & Restaurant clean?
El Unico Meat Market & Restaurant is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at El Unico Meat Market & Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 🍗undercooked food risk# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
When was El Unico Meat Market & Restaurant last inspected?
El Unico Meat Market & Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2024, averaging 72 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2025 | Grade C | 72 pts |
| June 10, 2024 | Grade C | 72 pts |
El Unico Meat Market & Restaurant vs City Of Cudahy
City Of Cudahy runs 89% clean across 107 tracked restaurants — 95 clean, 9 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 107 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Cudahy, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in City Of Cudahy
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 June 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.