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El Vez
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 11, 2025
- address259 Vesey Street, Manhattan 10282
- cuisineMexican
- phone2122332500
Is El Vez clean?
El Vez is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 11, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — 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 Vez?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰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.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
When was El Vez last inspected?
El Vez has 4 inspections on record going back to December 21, 2023, averaging 5 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| August 11, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| May 17, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| December 21, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
El Vez vs Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan
Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan runs 87% clean across 612 tracked restaurants — 442 clean, 17 mid, 48 cooked.
Against the 612 spots Cooked tracks in Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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.