Lorena's Mexican Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score96 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 29, 2026
• address3615 Monterey Ave, El Monte 91731

Is Lorena's Mexican Restaurant clean?

Lorena's Mexican Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lorena's Mexican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
  PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
• ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
  FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY

When was Lorena's Mexican Restaurant last inspected?

Lorena's Mexican Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2024, averaging 94 points.

Lorena's Mexican Restaurant vs City Of El Monte

City Of El Monte runs 94% clean across 308 tracked restaurants — 288 clean, 16 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 308 spots Cooked tracks in City Of El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 June 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.