Cantina El Chicanito

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score47 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedDecember 12, 2025 →
• address1022 Longwood Avenue, Bronx 10459
• cuisineMexican
• phone6467855832

Is Cantina El Chicanito clean?

New York currently lists Cantina El Chicanito as grade pending, following an inspection on December 12, 2025 that scored 47 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Cantina El Chicanito?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿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.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  No approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.

When was Cantina El Chicanito last inspected?

Cantina El Chicanito has 1 inspection on record going back to December 12, 2025, averaging 47 points.

Cantina El Chicanito vs Longwood

Longwood runs 71% clean across 49 tracked restaurants — 30 clean, 4 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 49 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 December 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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