Cooked?Tacos El Rey
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 30, 2023 →
- address14215 Imperial Hwy, La Mirada 90638
Is Tacos El Rey clean?
Tacos El Rey is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 30, 2023. 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 Tacos El Rey?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 30, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍗undercooked food riskcritical# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals inside# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Tacos El Rey last inspected?
Tacos El Rey has 1 inspection on record going back to August 30, 2023, averaging 90 points.
August 30, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Tacos El Rey vs City Of La Mirada
City Of La Mirada runs 91% clean across 176 tracked restaurants — 160 clean, 14 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 176 spots Cooked tracks in City Of La Mirada, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 August 30, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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