Empanadas Rd

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 10, 2025 →
• address854 Southern Boulevard, Bronx 10459
• cuisineLatin American
• phone9174719070

Is Empanadas Rd clean?

Empanadas Rd is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Empanadas Rd?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.

When was Empanadas Rd last inspected?

Empanadas Rd has 3 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2024, averaging 22 points.

Empanadas Rd vs Hunts Point

Hunts Point runs 82% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 58 clean, 1 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in Hunts Point, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

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• A Cafe Italia
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• A Sugar Restaurant
  clean · March 5, 2026
• A Lucky Star
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• A Aldus Pizza
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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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 April 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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