Delicias Cuencanas Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2026 →
• address172-18 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11432
• cuisineSpanish
• phone9176517022

Is Delicias Cuencanas Restaurant clean?

Delicias Cuencanas Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 21, 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 Delicias Cuencanas Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Delicias Cuencanas Restaurant last inspected?

Delicias Cuencanas Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2023, averaging 14 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

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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 September 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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