El Monumento

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 12, 2026 →
• address1185 Broadway, Brooklyn 11221
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone7184503370

Is El Monumento clean?

El Monumento is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 12, 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 Monumento?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 12, 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.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.

When was El Monumento last inspected?

El Monumento has 7 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2022, averaging 31 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

El Monumento vs Bushwick South

Bushwick South runs 79% clean across 213 tracked restaurants — 151 clean, 6 mid, 35 cooked.

Against the 213 spots Cooked tracks in Bushwick South, this one comes out cleaner than 45% 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 September 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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