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Tomatillo Express Mexican Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 18, 2025
- address28103 Hawthorne Blvd, Rancho Palos Verdes 90275
Is Tomatillo Express Mexican Grill clean?
Tomatillo Express Mexican Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 18, 2025. 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 Tomatillo Express Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- ☠️toxic items stored near food# 25. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND HAIR RESTRAINTS
When was Tomatillo Express Mexican Grill last inspected?
Tomatillo Express Mexican Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2024, averaging 91 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| April 10, 2024 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Tomatillo Express Mexican Grill vs City Of Palos Verdes Estates
City Of Palos Verdes Estates runs 100% clean across 20 tracked restaurants — 20 clean, 0 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 20 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Palos Verdes Estates, 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.
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 June 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.