Cooked?El Pambazo
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score46 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedNovember 28, 2023 →
- address42 West 42 Street, Manhattan 10036
- cuisineMexican
- phone9176704937
Is El Pambazo clean?
New York currently lists El Pambazo as grade pending, following an inspection on November 28, 2023 that scored 46 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 Pambazo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 28, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalNo approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
When was El Pambazo last inspected?
El Pambazo has 1 inspection on record going back to November 28, 2023, averaging 46 points.
November 28, 2023 Score 46
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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 November 28, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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