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El Rincon De Mi Tierra Restaurant
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score29 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2025
- address1764 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10031
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9496483917
Is El Rincon De Mi Tierra Restaurant clean?
New York currently lists El Rincon De Mi Tierra Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on March 20, 2025 that scored 29 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.
What did inspectors find at El Rincon De Mi Tierra Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was El Rincon De Mi Tierra Restaurant last inspected?
El Rincon De Mi Tierra Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to March 20, 2025, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
El Rincon De Mi Tierra Restaurant vs Hamilton Heights
Hamilton Heights runs 69% clean across 128 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 10 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 128 spots Cooked tracks in Hamilton Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 March 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.