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Mercado Hidalgo
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score87 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 2, 2024
- address4101 City Terrace Dr, Los Angeles 90063
Is Mercado Hidalgo clean?
Mercado Hidalgo is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 2, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Mercado Hidalgo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 2, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Mercado Hidalgo last inspected?
Mercado Hidalgo has 2 inspections on record going back to December 1, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2024 | Grade B | 87 pts |
| December 1, 2023 | Grade A | 95 pts |
Mercado Hidalgo vs City Of South Gate
City Of South Gate runs 92% clean across 228 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 15 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 228 spots Cooked tracks in City Of South Gate, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.
Other spots in City Of South Gate
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 May 2, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.