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 riskcritical
  Raw, 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.

Empanadas Monumental vs Melrose South-Mott Haven North

Melrose South-Mott Haven North runs 81% clean across 102 tracked restaurants — 78 clean, 2 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 102 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose South-Mott Haven North, this one comes out cleaner than 81% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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