Cooked?Medrano's Mexican Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score91 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 20, 2024 →
- address1173 W Rancho Vista Blvd, Palmdale 93551
Is Medrano's Mexican Restaurant clean?
Medrano's Mexican Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 20, 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 Medrano's Mexican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🍽️food left unprotected# 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 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
When was Medrano's Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Medrano's Mexican Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to May 20, 2024, averaging 91 points.
May 20, 2024 A
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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 May 20, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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