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La Mancha Tapas Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 2, 2025
- address568 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineTapas
- phone9179091619
Is La Mancha Tapas Bar clean?
La Mancha Tapas Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 2, 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 La Mancha Tapas Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
- 🧽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 La Mancha Tapas Bar last inspected?
La Mancha Tapas Bar has 2 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2023, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 2, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| February 10, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
La Mancha Tapas Bar vs North Side-South Side
North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 573 tracked restaurants — 390 clean, 25 mid, 72 cooked.
Against the 573 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.
Other spots in North Side-South Side
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 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.