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Charo Bros Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 15, 2025
- address40-42 Junction Boulevard, Queens 11368
- cuisineLatin American
- phone3478320335
Is Charo Bros Restaurant clean?
Charo Bros Restaurant is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 15, 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 Charo Bros Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Charo Bros Restaurant last inspected?
Charo Bros Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2023, averaging 36 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2025 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| January 16, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 51 pts |
| November 27, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| November 16, 2023 | closed by the city | 66 pts |
Charo Bros Restaurant vs Elmhurst
Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 290 tracked restaurants — 203 clean, 36 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 290 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 April 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.