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El Sembrador
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 23, 2025
- address143-09 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11435
- cuisineSpanish
- phone3476393086
Is El Sembrador clean?
El Sembrador is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 23, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Sembrador?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was El Sembrador last inspected?
El Sembrador has 3 inspections on record going back to March 28, 2023, averaging 9 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| June 14, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| March 28, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
El Sembrador vs Briarwood-Jamaica Hills
Briarwood-Jamaica Hills runs 71% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 48 clean, 5 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in Briarwood-Jamaica Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 68% 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 October 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.