La Pastora Bakery

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2026 →
• address726 East 152 Street, Bronx 10455
• cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
• phone7184024816

Is La Pastora Bakery clean?

La Pastora Bakery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 21, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at La Pastora Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was La Pastora Bakery last inspected?

La Pastora Bakery has 7 inspections on record going back to October 5, 2022, averaging 20 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

La Pastora Bakery vs Melrose South-Mott Haven North

Melrose South-Mott Haven North runs 80% clean across 106 tracked restaurants — 78 clean, 2 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 106 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose South-Mott Haven North, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 September 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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