Cooked?La Esquina Mexican Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026 →
- address8905 Venice Blvd # 109, Los Angeles 90034
Is La Esquina Mexican Grill clean?
La Esquina Mexican Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Esquina Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
When was La Esquina Mexican Grill last inspected?
La Esquina Mexican Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2023, averaging 92 points.
May 20, 2026 A
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View full inspection →October 25, 2023 A
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View full inspection →La Esquina Mexican Grill vs Mid-City
Mid-City runs 93% clean across 60 tracked restaurants — 56 clean, 3 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 60 spots Cooked tracks in Mid-City, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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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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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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