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Don Pancho Villa
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 5, 2025
- address189 Borinquen Place, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineMexican
- phone7183884552
Is Don Pancho Villa clean?
Don Pancho Villa is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 5, 2025. 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 Don Pancho Villa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Don Pancho Villa last inspected?
Don Pancho Villa has 5 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2022, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 5, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| May 17, 2025 | — | |
| December 19, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| September 1, 2022 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| July 27, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
Don Pancho Villa vs North Side-South Side
North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 573 tracked restaurants — 390 clean, 25 mid, 72 cooked.
Against the 573 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 67% of them.
Other spots in North Side-South Side
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 June 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.