Norteno Bar &Grill

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score81 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2025
• address7717 Compton Ave, Los Angeles 90001

Is Norteno Bar &Grill clean?

Norteno Bar &Grill is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 23, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Norteno Bar &Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
  # 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
  # 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH

When was Norteno Bar &Grill last inspected?

Norteno Bar &Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2024, averaging 86 points.

Norteno Bar &Grill vs Florence-Firestone

Florence-Firestone runs 90% clean across 221 tracked restaurants — 199 clean, 17 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 221 spots Cooked tracks in Florence-Firestone, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 September 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.