El Malecon Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 5, 2026 →
• address8727 4 Avenue, Brooklyn 11209
• cuisineLatin American
• phone3479097132

Is El Malecon Restaurant clean?

El Malecon Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 5, 2026. 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 Malecon Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.

When was El Malecon Restaurant last inspected?

El Malecon Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2022, averaging 22 points.

El Malecon Restaurant vs Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge runs 78% clean across 364 tracked restaurants — 250 clean, 19 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 August 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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