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El Punto Resraurant & Bakery
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
- address18-27 College Point Boulevard, Queens 11356
- cuisineSpanish
- phone3472564333
Is El Punto Resraurant & Bakery clean?
El Punto Resraurant & Bakery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 10, 2025. 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 Punto Resraurant & Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was El Punto Resraurant & Bakery last inspected?
El Punto Resraurant & Bakery has 5 inspections on record going back to January 23, 2023, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| August 14, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| July 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 9 pts |
| February 28, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| January 23, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 13 pts |
El Punto Resraurant & Bakery vs College Point
College Point runs 78% clean across 58 tracked restaurants — 39 clean, 1 mid, 10 cooked.
Against the 58 spots Cooked tracks in College Point, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.