Cooked?Mexicali Cocina & Cantina
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2025 →
- address12161 Ventura Blvd, Studio City 91604
Is Mexicali Cocina & Cantina clean?
Mexicali Cocina & Cantina is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 20, 2025. 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 Mexicali Cocina & Cantina?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Mexicali Cocina & Cantina last inspected?
Mexicali Cocina & Cantina has 2 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2024, averaging 94 points.
March 20, 2025 A
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View full inspection →January 8, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Mexicali Cocina & Cantina vs Studio City
Studio City runs 98% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 162 clean, 3 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Studio City, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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.
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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 March 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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