El Nuevo Pollo Restaurant

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score21 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 15, 2025
• address1587 Watson Avenue, Bronx 10472
• cuisineSpanish
• phone6467588484

Is El Nuevo Pollo Restaurant clean?

New York currently lists El Nuevo Pollo Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on December 15, 2025 that scored 21 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at El Nuevo Pollo Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2025, 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.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.

When was El Nuevo Pollo Restaurant last inspected?

El Nuevo Pollo Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to December 15, 2025, averaging 21 points.

El Nuevo Pollo Restaurant vs Soundview-Bruckner

Soundview-Bruckner runs 85% clean across 54 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 2 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 54 spots Cooked tracks in Soundview-Bruckner, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.