Cinco De Mayo

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score11 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 13, 2026
• address837 Washington Avenue, Bronx 10451
• cuisineMexican
• phone3478822931

Is Cinco De Mayo clean?

Cinco De Mayo is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 13, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cinco De Mayo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.

When was Cinco De Mayo last inspected?

Cinco De Mayo has 3 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2024, averaging 8 points.

Cinco De Mayo vs Morrisania-Melrose

Morrisania-Melrose runs 82% clean across 48 tracked restaurants — 37 clean, 2 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 48 spots Cooked tracks in Morrisania-Melrose, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 May 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.