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El Paraiso Restaurant & Sports Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 11, 2026
- address99-10 37 Avenue, Queens 11368
- cuisineMexican
- phone7184572783
Is El Paraiso Restaurant & Sports Bar clean?
El Paraiso Restaurant & Sports Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 11, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Paraiso Restaurant & Sports Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was El Paraiso Restaurant & Sports Bar last inspected?
El Paraiso Restaurant & Sports Bar has 4 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2022, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 14, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| April 18, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
| October 24, 2022 | Grade A | 12 pts |
El Paraiso Restaurant & Sports Bar vs North Corona
North Corona runs 73% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 25 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in North Corona, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 July 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.