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El Buen Ambiente
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score0 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 5, 2025
- address108 East 198 Street, Bronx 10468
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7182201515
Is El Buen Ambiente clean?
El Buen Ambiente is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 5, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at El Buen Ambiente?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection Certificate not available for inspectionFood Protection Certificate not available for inspection
When was El Buen Ambiente last inspected?
El Buen Ambiente has 5 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2022, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| May 5, 2025 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| March 21, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 13 pts |
| October 13, 2023 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| November 14, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
El Buen Ambiente vs Van Cortlandt Village
Van Cortlandt Village runs 71% clean across 44 tracked restaurants — 29 clean, 7 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 44 spots Cooked tracks in Van Cortlandt Village, this one comes out cleaner than 98% of them.
Other spots in Van Cortlandt Village
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 May 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.