Cooked?El Quetzalito
decision pending
New visit. Decision pending.
Grade B still stands while the newer visit awaits a decision.
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- grade postedMarch 31, 2025
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 21, 2026 →
- address57-25 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11377
- cuisineLatin American
- phone3474486102
Is El Quetzalito clean?
El Quetzalito currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on March 31, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on October 21, 2026 scoring 25 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.
What did inspectors find at El Quetzalito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueDishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth 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.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
When was El Quetzalito last inspected?
El Quetzalito has 3 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2025, averaging 32 points.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
October 21, 2026 Score 25
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View full inspection →March 31, 2025 B
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View full inspection →February 13, 2025 Score 44
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View full inspection →El Quetzalito vs Woodside
Woodside runs 72% clean across 160 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 15 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 160 spots Cooked tracks in Woodside, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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.
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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 October 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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