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Lax Tacos
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2025
- address543 W Arbor Vitae St, Inglewood 90301
Is Lax Tacos clean?
Lax Tacos is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 16, 2025. 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 Lax Tacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️PLAN REVIEWPLAN REVIEW
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Lax Tacos last inspected?
Lax Tacos has 2 inspections on record going back to May 23, 2024, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2025 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| May 23, 2024 | Grade A | 98 pts |
Lax Tacos vs City Of Inglewood
City Of Inglewood runs 96% clean across 392 tracked restaurants — 378 clean, 11 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 392 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Inglewood, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 October 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.