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El Malecon Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 23, 2024
- address8727 4 Avenue, Brooklyn 11209
- cuisineSpanish
- 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 December 23, 2024. 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 December 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueAccurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
When was El Malecon Restaurant last inspected?
El Malecon Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2022, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| October 10, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 75 pts |
| September 21, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| December 15, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 16 pts |
| January 25, 2022 | Grade A | 5 pts |
El Malecon Restaurant vs Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge runs 79% clean across 364 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 18 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 December 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.