Pica Pollo Joa

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedJune 4, 2025
• inspection score43 pts
• critical violations6
• last inspectedJune 16, 2026 →
• address1370 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan 10033
• cuisineLatin American
• phone9174148446

Is Pica Pollo Joa clean?

New York currently lists Pica Pollo Joa as grade pending, following an inspection on June 16, 2026 that scored 43 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was B on June 4, 2025.

What did inspectors find at Pica Pollo Joa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓questionable food sourcingcritical
  Juice packaged on premises with no or incomplete label, no warning statement
• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.

When was Pica Pollo Joa last inspected?

Pica Pollo Joa has 4 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2025, averaging 34 points.

Pica Pollo Joa vs Washington Heights South

Washington Heights South runs 76% clean across 209 tracked restaurants — 139 clean, 12 mid, 31 cooked.

Against the 209 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights South, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 June 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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