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Rancheritas
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 26, 2026
- address44830 Valley Central Way, Lancaster 93536
Is Rancheritas clean?
Rancheritas is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 26, 2026. 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 Rancheritas?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENTWAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Rancheritas last inspected?
Rancheritas has 2 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2024, averaging 92 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| February 20, 2024 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Rancheritas vs Lincoln Heights
Lincoln Heights runs 96% clean across 153 tracked restaurants — 147 clean, 5 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 153 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.