Cooked?
El Viejo Jhons Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score6 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 7, 2026
- address5603 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineMexican
- phone7185679444
Is El Viejo Jhons Restaurant clean?
El Viejo Jhons Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 7, 2026. 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 Viejo Jhons Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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 Viejo Jhons Restaurant last inspected?
El Viejo Jhons Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to December 13, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| October 22, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
| May 15, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 13, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
El Viejo Jhons Restaurant vs Sunset Park East
Sunset Park East runs 73% clean across 361 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 35 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 361 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park East, this one comes out cleaner than 86% of them.
Other spots in Sunset Park East
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 May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.