El Nuevo Sandy Restaurant

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedMay 6, 2025
• inspection score24 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2026 →
• address2261 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10035
• cuisineLatin American
• phone2123488654

Is El Nuevo Sandy Restaurant clean?

New York currently lists El Nuevo Sandy Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on August 13, 2026 that scored 24 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was B on May 6, 2025.

What did inspectors find at El Nuevo Sandy Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• 🛠️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.
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Food contact surface, refillable, reusable containers, or equipment improperly constructed, placed or maintained. Unacceptable material used. Culinary sink or other acceptable method not provided for washing food.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

When was El Nuevo Sandy Restaurant last inspected?

El Nuevo Sandy Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2022, averaging 28 points.

El Nuevo Sandy Restaurant vs East Harlem North

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Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem North, 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.

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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 August 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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