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El Arcoiris Deli Grocery
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 26, 2025
- address5805 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7185763327
Is El Arcoiris Deli Grocery clean?
El Arcoiris Deli Grocery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 26, 2025. 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 El Arcoiris Deli Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was El Arcoiris Deli Grocery last inspected?
El Arcoiris Deli Grocery has 4 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2024, averaging 27 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 13, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 39 pts |
| October 29, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 23, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 44 pts |
El Arcoiris Deli Grocery vs Sunset Park East
Sunset Park East runs 73% clean across 361 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 35 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 361 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park East, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 August 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.