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La Choza Mexican & Seafood
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 30, 2025
- address15257 Gale Ave, Industry 91745
Is La Choza Mexican & Seafood clean?
La Choza Mexican & Seafood is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 30, 2025. 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 La Choza Mexican & Seafood?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was La Choza Mexican & Seafood last inspected?
La Choza Mexican & Seafood has 2 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | Grade A | 91 pts |
| July 26, 2023 | Grade A | 90 pts |
La Choza Mexican & Seafood vs Hacienda Heights
Hacienda Heights runs 95% clean across 146 tracked restaurants — 139 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 146 spots Cooked tracks in Hacienda Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 April 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.