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Vallarta Supermarket #7 (Taqueria)
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 7, 2024
- address13820 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar 91342
Is Vallarta Supermarket #7 (Taqueria) clean?
Vallarta Supermarket #7 (Taqueria) is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 7, 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 Vallarta Supermarket #7 (Taqueria)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Vallarta Supermarket #7 (Taqueria) last inspected?
Vallarta Supermarket #7 (Taqueria) has 2 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2024, averaging 96 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 7, 2024 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| May 11, 2024 | Grade A | 97 pts |
Vallarta Supermarket #7 (Taqueria) vs Sylmar
Sylmar runs 99% clean across 134 tracked restaurants — 133 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 134 spots Cooked tracks in Sylmar, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 November 7, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.