Cooked?Restaurante El Gordo
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 9, 2024 →
- address1182 S Lorena St, Los Angeles 90023
Is Restaurante El Gordo clean?
Restaurante El Gordo is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 9, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Restaurante El Gordo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 9, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Restaurante El Gordo last inspected?
Restaurante El Gordo has 1 inspection on record going back to May 9, 2024, averaging 94 points.
May 9, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Restaurante El Gordo vs Boyle Heights
Boyle Heights runs 90% clean across 458 tracked restaurants — 412 clean, 39 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 458 spots Cooked tracks in Boyle Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 May 9, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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