At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
8point violations
3 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Aug 25, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most fast-food and counter places here got 8 to 27 point violations. El Pollo Loco got about the same as 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 Pollo 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: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning 4.4.82*How to fixFix it
- Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures (Non-critical) 4.5.13How to fixFix it
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair 4.6.40How to fixFix it
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
We review Salt Lake County health data to make this report. We are not the Salt Lake County Health Department.
Visit them directly at saltlakecounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
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Next: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-CleaningThe county found: “Surfaces are unclean around the soda dispenser nozzles.”
Then the next one: Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures (Non-critical)
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 10 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county visited 2 times in the last 12 months (2 routine).
Fewer point violations than last time (14 → 8). That takes a team.
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
LatestAug 25, 2026Routine inspection8 points
This one: 8 points, inspected Aug 25, 2026.
3 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
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
Surfaces are unclean around the soda dispenser nozzles.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Non-critical (2)
Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures (Non-critical)
The department's words
4.5.13 Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures (Non-critical)
A shutoff valve is installed downstream from the atmospheric vacuum breaker on the mop sink. (Spray gun)
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.40 Repairing-Physical Facilities
Areas of the floor are missing grout.
Food Code 6-101.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Are you El Pollo Loco? Fix it
EarlierJan 22, 2026Routine inspection14 points
4 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierMay 7, 2025Routine inspection4 points
5 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJun 3, 2024Routine inspection21 points
9 violations listed, 3 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierNov 27, 2023Routine inspection10 points
5 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJun 10, 2022Routine inspection4 points
4 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierOct 27, 2021Routine inspection21 points
11 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJun 29, 2020Routine inspection20 points
5 violations listed, 3 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierSep 12, 2019Routine inspection12 points
7 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierFeb 4, 2019Routine inspection22 points
7 violations listed, 3 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)
What you can do
As a customer of El Pollo Loco, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
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Address thisAbout this record
Open the county's Inspection Reports, choose Food Service, and search for the name.
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
- 8 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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