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El Monumental Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 31, 2024
- address144-28 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11435
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7187259727
Is El Monumental Restaurant clean?
El Monumental Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 31, 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 Monumental Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 31, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
When was El Monumental Restaurant last inspected?
El Monumental Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to May 31, 2024, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
El Monumental Restaurant vs Jamaica
Jamaica runs 76% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica, this one comes out cleaner than 67% 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 May 31, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.