Tacos El Rey

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2025 →
• 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 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. 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 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR

When was Tacos El Rey last inspected?

Tacos El Rey has 4 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2024, averaging 91 points.

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 36% of them.

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• B Habibi Grill
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  clean · August 20, 2024
• A Y Que Mas Pues Llc
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• A Lime Z Convenience Store
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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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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