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D'morena Restaurant Corp
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 3, 2026
- address899 East 169 Street, Bronx 10459
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7188936079
Is D'morena Restaurant Corp clean?
D'morena Restaurant Corp is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 3, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at D'morena Restaurant Corp?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was D'morena Restaurant Corp last inspected?
D'morena Restaurant Corp has 4 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2023, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| November 7, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| August 1, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| July 17, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 39 pts |
D'morena Restaurant Corp 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 March 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.