?

Cucina Italian Tavern

April 7, 2025 · Score 42

🫥not rated

official resultScore 42
score42 pts
inspection typePre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection
failed findings12
critical findings6

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

hot food sitting too coolcritical

Official wording: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
code 02BCriticalstatus: Critical
rats have moved incritical

Official wording: Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
code 04KCriticalstatus: Critical
they've got roommates (mice)critical

Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
food left out / unprotectedcritical

Official wording: 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.
code 06CCriticalstatus: Critical
surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical

Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical
utensils stored sketchycritical

Official wording: Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
code 06ECriticalstatus: Critical
basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests

Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
code 08Astatus: Not Critical
plumbing acting up

Official wording: Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
code 10Bstatus: Not Critical
facility / equipment issue

Official wording: Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
code 10Dstatus: Not Critical
Allergen or intolerance notice not translated into common language when required

code 20-01status: Not Critical
Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information

code 20-08status: Not Critical
Nuisance created or allowed to exist. Facility not free from unsafe, hazardous, offensive or annoying condition.

code 28-01status: Not Critical

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

See every restaurant in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds →

About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.