El Nuevo Ambiente Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 9, 2026 →
• address20-09 New Haven Avenue, Queens 11691
• cuisineLatin American
• phone7183276326

Is El Nuevo Ambiente Restaurant clean?

El Nuevo Ambiente Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 9, 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 Nuevo Ambiente Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🛠️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.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Wash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.

When was El Nuevo Ambiente Restaurant last inspected?

El Nuevo Ambiente Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to July 22, 2022, averaging 12 points.

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

El Nuevo Ambiente Restaurant vs Far Rockaway-Bayswater

Far Rockaway-Bayswater runs 71% clean across 46 tracked restaurants — 30 clean, 2 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 46 spots Cooked tracks in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 October 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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