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Pollo Sabroso
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 17, 2025
- address855 East 180 Street, Bronx 10460
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7182209591
Is Pollo Sabroso clean?
Pollo Sabroso is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pollo Sabroso?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 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 left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was Pollo Sabroso last inspected?
Pollo Sabroso has 2 inspections on record going back to June 4, 2025, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 17, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 4, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
Pollo Sabroso vs East Tremont
East Tremont runs 86% clean across 56 tracked restaurants — 42 clean, 4 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 56 spots Cooked tracks in East Tremont, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
Other spots in East Tremont
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 October 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.