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Empanada Mama To-Go
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 4, 2026
- address1435 1 Avenue, Manhattan 10021
- cuisineLatin American
- phone6465890227
Is Empanada Mama To-Go clean?
Empanada Mama To-Go is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 4, 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 Empanada Mama To-Go?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2026, 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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was Empanada Mama To-Go last inspected?
Empanada Mama To-Go has 4 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2024, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 16, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| December 5, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| September 23, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
Empanada Mama To-Go vs Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island runs 80% clean across 316 tracked restaurants — 229 clean, 16 mid, 43 cooked.
Against the 316 spots Cooked tracks in Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 June 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.