La Tapatia Meat Market

3319 N Eastern Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90032

Passed · Mar 12, 2025 Directions
74
Fair BiteKarma score 74 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 2 of 2 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Mar 12, 2025: passed with 10 violations, 2 critical. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity, cited 2 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.
  • 2 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 2 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Mar 12

    Routine Inspection

    10 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
    • Minor Food safety certification
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: adequate, maintained, properly use, test strips available
    • Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
    • Minor Permits available
    • Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
  3. 2023
  4. Passed Nov 9

    Routine Inspection

    8 violations
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
    • Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
    • Minor Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing
    • Minor Food separated and protected
    • Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
    • Minor Permits available

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