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El Pollo Loco #3973
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score15 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 8, 2026
- address10120 Se 256Th St, Kent 98030
Is El Pollo Loco #3973 clean?
El Pollo Loco #3973 is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on May 8, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Pollo Loco #3973?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exempt
- ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
When was El Pollo Loco #3973 last inspected?
El Pollo Loco #3973 has 1 inspection on record going back to May 8, 2026, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
El Pollo Loco #3973 vs Kent
Kent runs 78% clean across 360 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 74 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 360 spots Cooked tracks in Kent, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.
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How Seattle grades restaurants
Public Health — Seattle & King County posts a word, not a letter: Excellent, Good, Okay, or Needs To Improve. The rating is deliberately not a snapshot — it averages the establishment’s recent routine inspections, so one bad day does not sink a consistently clean kitchen and one good day does not rescue a bad one. Inspectors score violations in red points for things that directly cause foodborne illness and blue points for everything else; around 45 red points triggers a mandatory re-inspection. Newly opened or recently changed spots can show as Not Rated until enough inspections accumulate.
Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.