Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedAugust 15, 2025
• inspection score19 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2026 →
• address1802 Nereid Avenue, Bronx 10466
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone7183247484

Is Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant clean?

Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on August 15, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on August 28, 2026 scoring 19 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth 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 pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant last inspected?

Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to December 21, 2022, averaging 25 points.

Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant vs Woodlawn-Wakefield

Woodlawn-Wakefield runs 78% clean across 77 tracked restaurants — 58 clean, 6 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 77 spots Cooked tracks in Woodlawn-Wakefield, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 August 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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