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La Jolla Taqueria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 23, 2024
- address1713 E Vernon Ave # 112, Los Angeles 90058
Is La Jolla Taqueria clean?
La Jolla Taqueria is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 23, 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 La Jolla Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
When was La Jolla Taqueria last inspected?
La Jolla Taqueria has 1 inspection on record going back to November 23, 2024, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 23, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
La Jolla Taqueria vs Vernon Central
Vernon Central runs 90% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 20 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Vernon Central, this one comes out cleaner than 44% of them.
Other spots in Vernon Central
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 November 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.