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Estrella Del Mar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 14, 2025
- address552 Seneca Avenue, Queens 11385
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7184567496
Is Estrella Del Mar clean?
Estrella Del Mar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 14, 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 Estrella Del Mar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Estrella Del Mar last inspected?
Estrella Del Mar has 3 inspections on record going back to July 22, 2022, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 12, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| July 22, 2022 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Estrella Del Mar vs Ridgewood
Ridgewood runs 78% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 201 clean, 30 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Ridgewood, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 April 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.