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La Chispa De Oro
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score81 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 14, 2026
- address2217 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles 90033
Is La Chispa De Oro clean?
La Chispa De Oro is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 14, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Chispa De Oro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLEPERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcriticalFOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFINGPREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTEDFOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATETHERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLINGIMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SUSPENDNOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SUSPEND
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTHMULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
When was La Chispa De Oro last inspected?
La Chispa De Oro has 3 inspections on record going back to December 11, 2023, averaging 85 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2026 | Grade B | 81 pts |
| September 18, 2024 | Grade B | 84 pts |
| December 11, 2023 | Grade A | 90 pts |
La Chispa De Oro vs Wholesale District
Wholesale District runs 93% clean across 184 tracked restaurants — 172 clean, 7 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 184 spots Cooked tracks in Wholesale District, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.
Other spots in Wholesale District
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 April 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.