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La Lechonera Criolla Restaurant & Seafood
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2025
- address1439 Edward L Grant Highway, Bronx 10452
- cuisineLatin American
- phone3478624699
Is La Lechonera Criolla Restaurant & Seafood clean?
La Lechonera Criolla Restaurant & Seafood is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 29, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Lechonera Criolla Restaurant & Seafood?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was La Lechonera Criolla Restaurant & Seafood last inspected?
La Lechonera Criolla Restaurant & Seafood has 3 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2024, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2025 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| November 15, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| September 27, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 15 pts |
La Lechonera Criolla Restaurant & Seafood vs Highbridge
Highbridge runs 71% clean across 41 tracked restaurants — 25 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 41 spots Cooked tracks in Highbridge, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 January 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.