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La Merced Foods Group
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2025
- address2806 E Washington Blvd, Los Angeles 90023
Is La Merced Foods Group clean?
La Merced Foods Group is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Merced Foods Group?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🍗undercooked food risk# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
When was La Merced Foods Group last inspected?
La Merced Foods Group has 2 inspections on record going back to December 26, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| December 26, 2023 | Grade A | 96 pts |
La Merced Foods Group vs Boyle Heights
Boyle Heights runs 90% clean across 458 tracked restaurants — 412 clean, 39 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 458 spots Cooked tracks in Boyle Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 January 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.