Cooked?El Vaquerito Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score84 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 16, 2025 →
- address14 S Fremont Ave, Alhambra 91801
Is El Vaquerito Restaurant clean?
El Vaquerito Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 16, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Vaquerito Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
When was El Vaquerito Restaurant last inspected?
El Vaquerito Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to April 20, 2024, averaging 88 points.
June 16, 2025 B
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View full inspection →April 20, 2024 A
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View full inspection →El Vaquerito Restaurant vs City Of South Pasadena
City Of South Pasadena runs 97% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 142 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in City Of South Pasadena, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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