Lissette Restaurant

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 18, 2025 →
• address501 West 145 Street, Manhattan 10031
• cuisineTex-Mex
• phone2122343330

Is Lissette Restaurant clean?

Lissette Restaurant is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lissette Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.

When was Lissette Restaurant last inspected?

Lissette Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to January 18, 2024, averaging 28 points.

Lissette Restaurant vs Hamilton Heights

Hamilton Heights runs 68% clean across 130 tracked restaurants — 83 clean, 11 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 130 spots Cooked tracks in Hamilton Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 August 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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