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Buena Vista Restaurant & Bar
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 8, 2024
- address536 9 Avenue, Manhattan 10018
- cuisineSpanish
- phone2403700133
Is Buena Vista Restaurant & Bar clean?
Buena Vista Restaurant & Bar is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 8, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Buena Vista Restaurant & Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 8, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
When was Buena Vista Restaurant & Bar last inspected?
Buena Vista Restaurant & Bar has 2 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2024, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
| February 8, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Buena Vista Restaurant & Bar vs Clinton
Clinton runs 76% clean across 596 tracked restaurants — 410 clean, 33 mid, 100 cooked.
Against the 596 spots Cooked tracks in Clinton, this one comes out cleaner than 64% 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 February 8, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.