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Tacos El Negro
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score95 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025
- address5720 Imperial Hwy Ste #Q, South Gate 90280
Is Tacos El Negro clean?
Tacos El Negro is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tacos El Negro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- 🧹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
When was Tacos El Negro last inspected?
Tacos El Negro has 2 inspections on record going back to August 1, 2024, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2025 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| August 1, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Tacos El Negro vs Lynwood
Lynwood runs 87% clean across 112 tracked restaurants — 97 clean, 12 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 112 spots Cooked tracks in Lynwood, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 September 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.