Cooked?La Mexicana Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score82 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026 →
- address1611 N Willowbrook Ave, Compton 90222
Is La Mexicana Restaurant clean?
La Mexicana Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Mexicana Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
- ⚠️PROPER COOLING METHODS
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was La Mexicana Restaurant last inspected?
La Mexicana Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2024, averaging 87 points.
January 7, 2026 B
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View full inspection →October 7, 2025 B
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View full inspection →October 7, 2024 A
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View full inspection →July 17, 2024 A
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View full inspection →La Mexicana Restaurant vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 61 tracked restaurants — 55 clean, 5 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 61 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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