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Ketsie Grocery
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 22, 2025
- address865 East 149 Street, Bronx 10455
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7187426755
Is Ketsie Grocery clean?
Ketsie Grocery is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Ketsie Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🐈random live animals insidecriticalLive animal other than fish in tank or service animal present in facility’s food or non-food area.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Ketsie Grocery last inspected?
Ketsie Grocery has 6 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2024, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
| June 23, 2026 | — | |
| May 22, 2025 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| April 2, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
| November 19, 2024 | Grade C | 28 pts |
| May 15, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
Ketsie Grocery vs Longwood
Longwood runs 74% clean across 48 tracked restaurants — 28 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 48 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 May 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.