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La Michoacana El Rey
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 16, 2026
- address1209 W Whittier Blvd, Montebello 90640
Is La Michoacana El Rey clean?
La Michoacana El Rey is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2026. 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 Michoacana El Rey?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was La Michoacana El Rey last inspected?
La Michoacana El Rey has 2 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2026 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| February 2, 2024 | Grade A | 91 pts |
La Michoacana El Rey vs City Of Montebello
City Of Montebello runs 93% clean across 282 tracked restaurants — 262 clean, 17 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 282 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Montebello, this one comes out cleaner than 59% of them.
Other spots in City Of Montebello
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 April 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.