At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
47point violations
13 problems found · 8 marked critical · Routine county inspection · May 28, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most fast-food and counter places here got 8 to 27 point violations. El Gallo Loco got more than most.
Compared with 2,086 Salt Lake County fast-food and counter places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about El Gallo Loco?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Marked critical: Eating or drinking in a food area 4.2.18**How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Cooked food not cooled in time 4.3.57*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Cooling Methods 4.3.58**How to fixFix it
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Eating or drinking in a food areaThe county found: “Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.”
First step: Clothes, eating and drinking
Then the next one: Cooked food not cooled in time
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 3-501.17, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 6-501.112.
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Clothes, eating and drinking
From Food Code 2-304.11
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 7 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county visited 2 times in the last 12 months (2 routine).
The county inspects each food place one to three times a year. It does not say when it will come. How often depends on the place's risk level. Level 1: once a year. Level 2: every 9 months. Level 3: twice a year. Level 4: three times a year. A complaint can bring another visit.
Every visit
LatestMay 28, 2026Routine inspection47 points
This one: 47 points, inspected May 28, 2026.
13 violations listed, 10 marked critical.
Critical (8)
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Eating or drinking in a food area
The department's words
4.2.18** Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco
Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 2-401.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clothes, eating and drinking
- Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
- Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
- The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.
From Food Code 2-304.11
Nails
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Hair, jewelry, nails and clothes
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Cooked food not cooled in time
The department's words
4.3.57* Cooling
Potentially hazardous food was not cooled to 41°F within a total of 6 hours. (Beans)
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.14 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If you miss a stage
- Missed stage 1 (not 70°F by 2 hours): reheat to 165°F and start over, or throw it out.
- Missed stage 2 (not 41°F by 6 hours): throw it out.
How to cool fast
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Cooling food in two stages
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Cooling Methods
The department's words
4.3.58** Cooling Methods
Potentially hazardous food is being cooled in deep containers. Potentially hazardous food is being cooled in covered containers.
Cited 2 times
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.3.59* Cold Holding
Sauce is being held out of temperature control at 59°F in a countertop refrigerated prep rail. Rice is being held at 47°F in the walk in cooler.
Cited 2 times
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.16(A)(2) · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If food is out of range
- Hot food below 135°F for less than 2 hours: reheat to 165°F.
- Cold food above 41°F for less than 2 hours: chill it right away.
- Unknown time or longer: throw it out.
Which foods need temperature control (TCS)
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Hot and cold holding
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.3.60** Ready-to-Eat, Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) - Date Marking
Potentially hazardous and ready to eat foods that are prepared on-site and held for more than 24 hours are not date-marked.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.17 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
The rule
- Ready-to-eat TCS food made on site and kept in the fridge more than 24 hours gets a date label.
- It's good for 7 days at 41°F or below. The day you made it is day 1.
- Example: potato salad made Saturday is labeled "Discard Friday."
- Never go past the maker's use-by date on any ingredient.
From Food Code 3-501.17
Mixed and opened foods
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Food Temperature Measuring Devices
The department's words
4.4.57** Food Temperature Measuring Devices
There is no probe thermometer available with range of 0 - 220°F.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
The department's words
4.4.82* Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
The canopener is unclean to sight and touch.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.5.26** Using a Handwashing Sink
The hand sink is blocked.
Corrected during the inspection
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 5-205.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
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Handwashing
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Non-critical (2)
Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
The department's words
4.2.22 Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
The establishment lacks a clean-up kit for vomit & diarrhea accidents.
Pests inside, or a way in for them
The department's words
4.6.15 Outer Openings-Protected
The entrance door is propped open. There is a gap at the bottom of the exterior door.
Cited 2 times
Food Code 6-501.111 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
What to do
- Any sign of mice, rats or roaches: act now. Protect or throw out affected food, clean the area, and call the pest control operator the same day.
- Flies or ants in food areas: act within 24 hours.
- Insects in food: throw that food out and check the stock around it.
From Food Code 6-501.112
What NOT to do
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Signs of pests and what to do
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EarlierJan 15, 2026Routine inspection33 points
12 violations listed, 6 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierSep 3, 2025Routine inspection57 points
16 violations listed, 10 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJun 14, 2024Routine inspection55 points
17 violations listed, 10 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierSep 26, 2023Routine inspection48 points
14 violations listed, 8 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierSep 21, 2022Routine inspection40 points
15 violations listed, 8 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierMar 21, 2022Routine inspection36 points
9 violations listed, 6 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
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Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
- Cooked food not cooled in time Read the free guide
- Cold food above 41°F Read the free guide
- Ready-to-eat food not dated Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Pests inside, or a way in for them Read the free guide
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Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
Zero points means the inspector found no problems. Salt Lake County adds points for each problem. Big ones, the kind most likely to make someone sick, add more.
Each violation the inspector finds adds 1, 3 or 6 points, by how likely it is to cause illness. The points add up to the inspection score. The county uses no letter grade.
- Listed as
- Restaurants: non-plated
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 47 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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