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Penaloza Mexican Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 2, 2024
- address2000 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles 90021
Is Penaloza Mexican Restaurant clean?
Penaloza Mexican Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on February 2, 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 Penaloza Mexican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- ⚠️# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE# 15. FOOD OBTAINED FROM APPROVED SOURCE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🍗undercooked food riskcritical# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
When was Penaloza Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Penaloza Mexican Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to February 2, 2024, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 2, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Penaloza Mexican Restaurant vs Little Tokyo
Little Tokyo runs 95% clean across 905 tracked restaurants — 863 clean, 33 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 905 spots Cooked tracks in Little Tokyo, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 February 2, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.