La Cueva

• official resultScore 26
• score26 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Official wording: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
  code 02BCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
  code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Official wording: Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
  code 06ACriticalstatus: Critical
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
  code 08Astatus: Not Critical
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: 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.
  code 10Fstatus: Not Critical
• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Official wording: Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
  code 10Hstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Score 17 on May 15, 2024: Score changed by +9 points. 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.