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El Nuevo Valle Seafood Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score29 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 6, 2026
- address231 Sherman Avenue, Manhattan 10034
- cuisineLatin American
- phone2125440808
Is El Nuevo Valle Seafood Restaurant clean?
El Nuevo Valle Seafood Restaurant is currently Grade C from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 6, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at El Nuevo Valle Seafood Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was El Nuevo Valle Seafood Restaurant last inspected?
El Nuevo Valle Seafood Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 6, 2026 | Grade C | 29 pts |
| February 17, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| October 29, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 23, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
El Nuevo Valle Seafood Restaurant vs Marble Hill-Inwood
Marble Hill-Inwood runs 74% clean across 142 tracked restaurants — 92 clean, 8 mid, 24 cooked.
Against the 142 spots Cooked tracks in Marble Hill-Inwood, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 April 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.