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El Nuevo Taino Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 17, 2024
- address2228 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10032
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9177947076
Is El Nuevo Taino Restaurant clean?
El Nuevo Taino Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 17, 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 Nuevo Taino Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-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.
When was El Nuevo Taino Restaurant last inspected?
El Nuevo Taino Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2023, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 18, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 54 pts |
| March 26, 2024 | — | |
| September 14, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 4 pts |
| August 17, 2023 | Grade C | 53 pts |
| August 3, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
El Nuevo Taino Restaurant vs Washington Heights South
Washington Heights South runs 75% clean across 208 tracked restaurants — 137 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 208 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights South, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 17, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.