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Calexico
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2025
- address1491 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10075
- cuisineMexican
- phone3479675955
Is Calexico clean?
Calexico is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — 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 Calexico?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Calexico last inspected?
Calexico has 8 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2022, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 29, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| March 4, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 3, 2024 | Grade C | 4 pts |
| August 30, 2024 | closed by the city | 13 pts |
| August 26, 2024 | closed by the city | 86 pts |
| April 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| July 13, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 13, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 16 pts |
Calexico vs Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island runs 80% clean across 316 tracked restaurants — 229 clean, 16 mid, 43 cooked.
Against the 316 spots Cooked tracks in Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 March 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.