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Picante Picante Restaurant
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 3, 2025
- address156A West 231 Street, Bronx 10463
- cuisineMexican
- phone7187087100
Is Picante Picante Restaurant clean?
Picante Picante Restaurant is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Picante Picante Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🌡️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.
When was Picante Picante Restaurant last inspected?
Picante Picante Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2022, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 7, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| January 3, 2025 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| November 19, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| April 24, 2023 | Grade C | 28 pts |
| May 6, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
Picante Picante Restaurant vs Van Cortlandt Village
Van Cortlandt Village runs 71% clean across 44 tracked restaurants — 29 clean, 7 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 44 spots Cooked tracks in Van Cortlandt Village, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 January 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.