El Parador Cafe

• official resultA
• gradeGrade A
• score11 pts
• inspection typePre-permit (Operational) / Re-inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
  code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
  code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical
• ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
  code 20-08status: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Score 37 on May 7, 2025: Score changed by -26 points. 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 6 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.