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El Encebollado De Victor
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 24, 2024
- address280 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn 11237
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7184844660
Is El Encebollado De Victor clean?
El Encebollado De Victor is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 24, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. 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 Encebollado De Victor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
When was El Encebollado De Victor last inspected?
El Encebollado De Victor has 3 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2022, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 24, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| January 24, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| November 28, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
El Encebollado De Victor vs Bushwick North
Bushwick North runs 78% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 226 clean, 18 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Bushwick North, this one comes out cleaner than 47% 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 January 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.