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La Mexicana Market
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score96 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 8, 2026
- address5392 Poplar Blvd, Los Angeles 90032
Is La Mexicana Market clean?
La Mexicana Market is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Mexicana Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was La Mexicana Market last inspected?
La Mexicana Market has 3 inspections on record going back to April 20, 2024, averaging 94 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2026 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| December 16, 2024 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| April 20, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
La Mexicana Market vs El Sereno
El Sereno runs 90% clean across 62 tracked restaurants — 56 clean, 5 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 62 spots Cooked tracks in El Sereno, this one comes out cleaner than 53% of them.
Other spots in El Sereno
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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.