Minato

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 15, 2025 →
• address407 East 161 Street, Bronx 10451
• cuisineMexican
• phone9175793486

Is Minato clean?

Minato is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 15, 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 Minato?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Minato last inspected?

Minato has 2 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2025, averaging 26 points.

Minato vs Morrisania-Melrose

Morrisania-Melrose runs 80% clean across 49 tracked restaurants — 36 clean, 2 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 49 spots Cooked tracks in Morrisania-Melrose, 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.

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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 December 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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