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161 Bar & Grill
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2025
- address101 East 161 Street, Bronx 10451
- cuisineLatin American
- phone6316624958
Is 161 Bar & Grill clean?
161 Bar & Grill is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at 161 Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was 161 Bar & Grill last inspected?
161 Bar & Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2023, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 13, 2026 | — | |
| October 22, 2025 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| July 21, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| November 28, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
161 Bar & Grill vs West Concourse
West Concourse runs 86% clean across 154 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 6 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 154 spots Cooked tracks in West Concourse, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.
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How New York grades restaurants
New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.
Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.