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Esperanza
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 18, 2024
- address309 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach 90266
Is Esperanza clean?
Esperanza is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 18, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Esperanza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
When was Esperanza last inspected?
Esperanza has 2 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| March 13, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
Esperanza vs City Of Manhattan Beach
City Of Manhattan Beach runs 97% clean across 130 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 4 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 130 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Manhattan Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 December 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.