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Los Molcajetes
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 28, 2025
- address2748 W Temple St, Los Angeles 90026
Is Los Molcajetes clean?
Los Molcajetes is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 28, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Los Molcajetes?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
When was Los Molcajetes last inspected?
Los Molcajetes has 5 inspections on record going back to September 1, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2025 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| October 24, 2024 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| May 6, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| January 31, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| September 1, 2023 | Grade A | 95 pts |
Los Molcajetes vs Historic Filipinotown
Historic Filipinotown runs 97% clean across 97 tracked restaurants — 94 clean, 1 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 97 spots Cooked tracks in Historic Filipinotown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.
Other spots in Historic Filipinotown
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 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.