La Cucharita Paisa Bar Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 25, 2026 →
• address1802 Westchester Avenue, Bronx 10472
• cuisineSpanish
• phone9293304684

Is La Cucharita Paisa Bar Restaurant clean?

La Cucharita Paisa Bar Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 25, 2026. 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 La Cucharita Paisa Bar Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🌡️food-temperature slipcritical
  Hot TCS food item that has been cooked and cooled is being held for service without first being reheated to 165º F or above within 2 hours.

When was La Cucharita Paisa Bar Restaurant last inspected?

La Cucharita Paisa Bar Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to October 10, 2023, averaging 18 points.

La Cucharita Paisa Bar Restaurant vs Soundview-Bruckner

Soundview-Bruckner runs 89% clean across 54 tracked restaurants — 48 clean, 2 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 54 spots Cooked tracks in Soundview-Bruckner, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 August 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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