El Pote Restaurant

• official resultClosed by the city
• score16 pts
• inspection typePre-permit (Operational) / Reopening Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.
  code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Official wording: Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
  code 06CCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Official wording: Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
  code 08Astatus: Not Critical
• ⚠️Nuisance created or allowed to exist. Facility not free from unsafe, hazardous, offensive or annoying conditions.
  code 22Astatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Closed by the city on March 30, 2022: Score changed by -29 points. 4 findings recurred. 2 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.