El Cuencanito

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 21, 2025 →
• address99-12 Alstyne Avenue, Queens 11368
• cuisineLatin American
• phone7182711721

Is El Cuencanito clean?

El Cuencanito is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 21, 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 El Cuencanito?

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

• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.

When was El Cuencanito last inspected?

El Cuencanito has 5 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2023, averaging 18 points.

El Cuencanito vs Corona

Corona runs 69% clean across 82 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 12 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 82 spots Cooked tracks in Corona, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 November 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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