Cooked?Gilbert's El Indio Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 24, 2023 →
- address2526 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica 90405
Is Gilbert's El Indio Restaurant clean?
Gilbert's El Indio Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 24, 2023. 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 Gilbert's El Indio Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 24, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Gilbert's El Indio Restaurant last inspected?
Gilbert's El Indio Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to August 24, 2023, averaging 92 points.
August 24, 2023 A
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West Los Angeles runs 95% clean across 539 tracked restaurants — 513 clean, 22 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 539 spots Cooked tracks in West Los Angeles, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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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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 August 24, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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