Xecora Gastronomia Urbana

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score80 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 9, 2025
• address11583 Lower Azusa Rd, El Monte 91732

Is Xecora Gastronomia Urbana clean?

Xecora Gastronomia Urbana is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Xecora Gastronomia Urbana?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
  # 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
  # 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
• ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
  # 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical
  # 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLE
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
  # 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️# 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
  # 42. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
• ⚠️# 19. CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS
  # 19. CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS

When was Xecora Gastronomia Urbana last inspected?

Xecora Gastronomia Urbana has 2 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2024, averaging 89 points.

Xecora Gastronomia Urbana vs Arcadia

Arcadia runs 94% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 7 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Arcadia, 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 April 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.