Sonsonate Grill

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score91 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 29, 2025
• address5011 S Western Ave, Los Angeles 90062

Is Sonsonate Grill clean?

Sonsonate Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 29, 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 Sonsonate Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
  # 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
• ⚠️# 16. COMPLIANCE WITH SHELF STOCK TAGS, CONDITION, DISPLAYED
  # 16. COMPLIANCE WITH SHELF STOCK TAGS, CONDITION, DISPLAYED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
  # 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATED
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED

When was Sonsonate Grill last inspected?

Sonsonate Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2024, averaging 87 points.

Sonsonate Grill vs Vermont Square

Vermont Square runs 96% clean across 47 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 47 spots Cooked tracks in Vermont Square, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 April 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.