Cooked?Riviera Mexican Cantina
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 23, 2025 →
- address207 N Harbor Dr, Redondo Beach 90277
Is Riviera Mexican Cantina clean?
Riviera Mexican Cantina is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2025. 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 Riviera Mexican Cantina?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized# 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
When was Riviera Mexican Cantina last inspected?
Riviera Mexican Cantina has 2 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2024, averaging 90 points.
April 23, 2025 A
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View full inspection →May 14, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Riviera Mexican Cantina vs City Of Redondo Beach
City Of Redondo Beach runs 98% clean across 463 tracked restaurants — 453 clean, 8 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 463 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Redondo Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 April 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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