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Pipo's Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 20, 2025
- address166 East 118 Street, Manhattan 10035
- cuisineMexican
- phone2128282382
Is Pipo's Restaurant clean?
Pipo's Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pipo's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Pipo's Restaurant last inspected?
Pipo's Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2022, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| December 21, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| September 27, 2022 | Grade C | 35 pts |
| September 13, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 55 pts |
Pipo's Restaurant vs East Harlem North
East Harlem North runs 82% clean across 187 tracked restaurants — 132 clean, 8 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem North, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.