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Montespino Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedNovember 14, 2025
- address1309A Bronx River Ave, Bronx 10472
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9174718991
Is Montespino Restaurant clean?
Montespino Restaurant is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 14, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Montespino Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was Montespino Restaurant last inspected?
Montespino Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 14, 2025 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| September 30, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 14 pts |
| July 23, 2025 | Grade C | 31 pts |
| January 14, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| April 12, 2024 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| June 21, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
Montespino Restaurant vs West Farms-Bronx River
West Farms-Bronx River runs 72% clean across 59 tracked restaurants — 38 clean, 6 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 59 spots Cooked tracks in West Farms-Bronx River, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 November 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.