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Mi Ranchito Iii
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 16, 2025
- address826 W Avenue I, Lancaster 93534
Is Mi Ranchito Iii clean?
Mi Ranchito Iii is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 16, 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 Mi Ranchito Iii?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2025, 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
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Mi Ranchito Iii last inspected?
Mi Ranchito Iii has 3 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2023, averaging 88 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| May 7, 2025 | Grade B | 80 pts |
| August 30, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Mi Ranchito Iii vs City Of Lancaster
City Of Lancaster runs 96% clean across 411 tracked restaurants — 396 clean, 14 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 411 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lancaster, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 May 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.