Cooked?Regino's Chicken
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score67 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2025 →
- address5427 S Central Ave, Los Angeles 90011
Is Regino's Chicken clean?
Regino's Chicken is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 28, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Regino's Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 46. SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
When was Regino's Chicken last inspected?
Regino's Chicken has 1 inspection on record going back to January 28, 2025, averaging 67 points.
January 28, 2025 C
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View full inspection →Regino's Chicken vs Vernon Central
Vernon Central runs 90% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 20 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Vernon Central, 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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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 January 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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