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El Meson Ii Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score31 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedApril 21, 2026
- address3517 Broadway, Manhattan 10031
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9293219679
Is El Meson Ii Restaurant clean?
El Meson Ii Restaurant is currently Grade C from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 21, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at El Meson Ii Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold 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.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
When was El Meson Ii Restaurant last inspected?
El Meson Ii Restaurant has 9 inspections on record going back to February 29, 2024, averaging 33 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Grade C | 31 pts |
| February 17, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| September 17, 2025 | — | |
| August 19, 2025 | Grade C | 5 pts |
| August 15, 2025 | closed by the city | 12 pts |
| August 4, 2025 | closed by the city | 110 pts |
| December 31, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| March 26, 2024 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| February 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
El Meson Ii Restaurant vs Hamilton Heights
Hamilton Heights runs 69% clean across 128 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 10 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 128 spots Cooked tracks in Hamilton Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 April 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.