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Tacos El Chaparrito
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score83 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2026
- address9611 Garvey Ave Ste 105, South El Monte 91733
Is Tacos El Chaparrito clean?
Tacos El Chaparrito is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Tacos El Chaparrito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcriticalNO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMITPERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATIONFOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLESIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USEDTOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, AND USED
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was Tacos El Chaparrito last inspected?
Tacos El Chaparrito has 4 inspections on record going back to August 17, 2023, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2026 | Grade B | 83 pts |
| December 24, 2025 | Grade A | 96 pts |
| August 11, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| August 17, 2023 | Grade A | 91 pts |
Tacos El Chaparrito vs El Monte
El Monte runs 88% clean across 204 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 204 spots Cooked tracks in El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.