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El Rinconcito Del Sabor Dominicano
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 14, 2025
- address254 East 204 Street, Bronx 10458
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9178011300
Is El Rinconcito Del Sabor Dominicano clean?
El Rinconcito Del Sabor Dominicano is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 14, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at El Rinconcito Del Sabor Dominicano?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🍽️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.
When was El Rinconcito Del Sabor Dominicano last inspected?
El Rinconcito Del Sabor Dominicano has 7 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2022, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 58 pts |
| April 14, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| February 26, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
| August 29, 2024 | Grade B | 16 pts |
| April 9, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| May 25, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 13, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
El Rinconcito Del Sabor Dominicano vs Bedford Park-Fordham North
Bedford Park-Fordham North runs 79% clean across 101 tracked restaurants — 73 clean, 7 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 101 spots Cooked tracks in Bedford Park-Fordham North, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 April 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.