Cooked?Rafael's Mexican Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score71 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2026 →
- address2226 W Beverly Blvd, Montebello 90640
Is Rafael's Mexican Restaurant clean?
Rafael's Mexican Restaurant is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Rafael's Mexican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USEcritical
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW/UNDERCOOKED FOOD
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
When was Rafael's Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Rafael's Mexican Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to November 27, 2023, averaging 85 points.
March 25, 2026 C
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View full inspection →May 4, 2025 B
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View full inspection →November 27, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Rafael's Mexican Restaurant vs City Of Montebello
City Of Montebello runs 93% clean across 282 tracked restaurants — 262 clean, 17 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 282 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Montebello, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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