Cooked?The Mexican Taco Specialist
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score76 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedDecember 6, 2023 →
- address2015 S Hacienda Blvd, Hacienda Heights 91745
Is The Mexican Taco Specialist clean?
The Mexican Taco Specialist is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 6, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at The Mexican Taco Specialist?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- ⚠️# 13. FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical
- ⚠️# 52. MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
When was The Mexican Taco Specialist last inspected?
The Mexican Taco Specialist has 1 inspection on record going back to December 6, 2023, averaging 76 points.
December 6, 2023 C
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View full inspection →The Mexican Taco Specialist vs Hacienda Heights
Hacienda Heights runs 95% clean across 146 tracked restaurants — 139 clean, 6 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 146 spots Cooked tracks in Hacienda Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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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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 December 6, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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