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Estrella Del Caribe Restaurant Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 11, 2025
- address745 East 136 Street, Bronx 10454
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9178554852
Is Estrella Del Caribe Restaurant Bar clean?
Estrella Del Caribe Restaurant Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 11, 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 Estrella Del Caribe Restaurant Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2025, 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.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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 Estrella Del Caribe Restaurant Bar last inspected?
Estrella Del Caribe Restaurant Bar has 6 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2023, averaging 34 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 11, 2024 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| June 22, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| May 16, 2023 | closed by the city | 90 pts |
| April 10, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 7 pts |
| April 3, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 81 pts |
Estrella Del Caribe Restaurant Bar vs Mott Haven-Port Morris
Mott Haven-Port Morris runs 70% clean across 136 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 9 mid, 28 cooked.
Against the 136 spots Cooked tracks in Mott Haven-Port Morris, this one comes out cleaner than 69% 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 December 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.