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Tamaleria La Dona
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 24, 2024
- address4818 Compton Blvd, Compton 90221
Is Tamaleria La Dona clean?
Tamaleria La Dona is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 24, 2024. 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 Tamaleria La Dona?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 📦food stored wrong# 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
When was Tamaleria La Dona last inspected?
Tamaleria La Dona has 2 inspections on record going back to October 30, 2023, averaging 85 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| October 30, 2023 | Grade B | 80 pts |
Tamaleria La Dona vs East Rancho Dominguez
East Rancho Dominguez runs 93% clean across 88 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 6 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 88 spots Cooked tracks in East Rancho Dominguez, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.
Other spots in East Rancho Dominguez
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 October 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.