Cooked?El Venado
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 21, 2025 →
- address1007 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles 90006
Is El Venado clean?
El Venado is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Venado?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
When was El Venado last inspected?
El Venado has 3 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2023, averaging 95 points.
October 21, 2025 A
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View full inspection →July 30, 2024 A
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View full inspection →September 5, 2023 A
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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 October 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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