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La Tuna Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 14, 2025
- address68 Van Riper Street, Staten Island 10302
- cuisineSpanish
- phone3476002821
Is La Tuna Restaurant clean?
La Tuna Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 14, 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 Tuna Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
When was La Tuna Restaurant last inspected?
La Tuna Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to September 6, 2022, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| December 19, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 6, 2022 | Grade A | 11 pts |
La Tuna Restaurant vs Port Richmond
Port Richmond runs 74% clean across 56 tracked restaurants — 37 clean, 6 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 56 spots Cooked tracks in Port Richmond, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 May 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.