Cooler Runnings Vegetarian Grill

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 3, 2025 →
• address1785 Nereid Avenue, Bronx 10466
• cuisineVegetarian
• phone9148827192

Is Cooler Runnings Vegetarian Grill clean?

Cooler Runnings Vegetarian Grill is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 3, 2025. 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 Cooler Runnings Vegetarian Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal 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.

When was Cooler Runnings Vegetarian Grill last inspected?

Cooler Runnings Vegetarian Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2024, averaging 25 points.

Cooler Runnings Vegetarian Grill 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 32% 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 February 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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