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Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 25, 2024
- address1261 Cabrillo Ave Ste 100, Torrance 90501
Is Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria clean?
Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 25, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
When was Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria last inspected?
Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria has 2 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2023, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| November 28, 2023 | Grade A | 94 pts |
Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria vs West Carson
West Carson runs 93% clean across 397 tracked restaurants — 368 clean, 23 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 397 spots Cooked tracks in West Carson, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 November 25, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.