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Cilantro East
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2024
- address1712 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10128
- cuisineMexican
- phone2127129099
Is Cilantro East clean?
Cilantro East is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 16, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cilantro East?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Cilantro East last inspected?
Cilantro East has 2 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2024, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
Cilantro East vs Yorkville
Yorkville runs 83% clean across 240 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 12 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 240 spots Cooked tracks in Yorkville, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 July 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.