Don Emilio Restaurant

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score27 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedFebruary 21, 2025 →
• address1159 Liberty Avenue, Brooklyn 11208
• cuisineSpanish
• phone3478734803

Is Don Emilio Restaurant clean?

New York currently lists Don Emilio Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on February 21, 2025 that scored 27 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Don Emilio Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  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.

When was Don Emilio Restaurant last inspected?

Don Emilio Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to February 21, 2025, averaging 27 points.

Don Emilio Restaurant vs Cypress Hills-City Line

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Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in Cypress Hills-City Line, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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