Cooked?Pica Pollo Barra Payan Restaurant
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score17 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 1, 2025 →
- address94 Saint Nicholas Place, Manhattan 10032
- cuisineSandwiches/Salads/Mixed Buffet
- phone3479222829
Is Pica Pollo Barra Payan Restaurant clean?
New York currently lists Pica Pollo Barra Payan Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on December 1, 2025 that scored 17 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.
What did inspectors find at Pica Pollo Barra Payan Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 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.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Pica Pollo Barra Payan Restaurant last inspected?
Pica Pollo Barra Payan Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to December 1, 2025, averaging 17 points.
December 1, 2025 Score 17
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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 11% 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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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