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Empanadas Monumental
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 10, 2025
- address679B Melrose Avenue, Bronx 10455
- cuisineSpanish
- phone3478797955
Is Empanadas Monumental clean?
Empanadas Monumental is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 10, 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 Empanadas Monumental?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Empanadas Monumental last inspected?
Empanadas Monumental has 5 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2022, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| April 8, 2024 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| August 28, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| December 13, 2022 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 19, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
Empanadas Monumental vs Melrose South-Mott Haven North
Melrose South-Mott Haven North runs 82% clean across 101 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 2 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 101 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose South-Mott Haven North, this one comes out cleaner than 77% 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 March 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.