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El Sazon Ideal Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 11, 2025
- address148 West Burnside Avenue, Bronx 10453
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7182991365
Is El Sazon Ideal Restaurant clean?
El Sazon Ideal Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 11, 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 Sazon Ideal Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was El Sazon Ideal Restaurant last inspected?
El Sazon Ideal Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2023, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 17, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| March 18, 2024 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| June 13, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
El Sazon Ideal Restaurant vs University Heights-Morris Heights
University Heights-Morris Heights runs 75% clean across 69 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 5 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 69 spots Cooked tracks in University Heights-Morris Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 August 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.