Anita's Cuisine

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score25 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 3, 2025 →
• address1557 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan 10040
• cuisineMexican
• phone7183718735

Is Anita's Cuisine clean?

Anita's Cuisine is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 3, 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 Anita's Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

When was Anita's Cuisine last inspected?

Anita's Cuisine has 2 inspections on record going back to July 3, 2025, averaging 34 points.

Anita's Cuisine vs Washington Heights North

Washington Heights North runs 65% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 93 clean, 10 mid, 39 cooked.

Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights North, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 November 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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