Cooked?La Michoacana Retro
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2024 →
- address15705 1/2 Vanowen St, Van Nuys 91406
Is La Michoacana Retro clean?
La Michoacana Retro is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 24, 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 Michoacana Retro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
When was La Michoacana Retro last inspected?
La Michoacana Retro has 2 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2024, averaging 91 points.
July 24, 2024 A
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View full inspection →April 30, 2024 B
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View full inspection →La Michoacana Retro vs Van Nuys
Van Nuys runs 98% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 5 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Van Nuys, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 July 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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