El Quetzalito

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedJanuary 15, 2025
• inspection score23 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJuly 3, 2025 →
• address4803 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
• cuisineLatin American
• phone9179378200

Is El Quetzalito clean?

New York currently lists El Quetzalito as grade pending, following an inspection on July 3, 2025 that scored 23 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was C on January 15, 2025.

What did inspectors find at El Quetzalito?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
• 🐛pest / contamination issuecritical
  Properly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was El Quetzalito last inspected?

El Quetzalito has 7 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2023, averaging 30 points.

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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 July 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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