El Paisa Bar

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedNovember 13, 2024
• inspection score29 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 18, 2026 →
• address87-05 Northern Boulevard, Queens 11372
• cuisineLatin American
• phone7184295622

Is El Paisa Bar clean?

El Paisa Bar currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on November 13, 2024 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on April 18, 2026 scoring 29 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at El Paisa Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🧽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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• ⚠️Flavored tobacco products sold, offered for sale

When was El Paisa Bar last inspected?

El Paisa Bar has 3 inspections on record going back to June 28, 2024, averaging 25 points.

El Paisa Bar vs Jackson Heights

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Against the 352 spots Cooked tracks in Jackson Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 April 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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