Cooked?
Pollos Cuzco
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 6, 2025
- address138-13B Queens Boulevard, Queens 11435
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7185584455
Is Pollos Cuzco clean?
Pollos Cuzco is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 6, 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 Pollos Cuzco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter 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.
When was Pollos Cuzco last inspected?
Pollos Cuzco has 1 inspection on record going back to May 6, 2025, averaging 9 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Pollos Cuzco vs Briarwood-Jamaica Hills
Briarwood-Jamaica Hills runs 71% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 48 clean, 5 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in Briarwood-Jamaica Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 68% of them.
Other spots in Briarwood-Jamaica Hills
See every restaurant inspection in Briarwood-Jamaica Hills →
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 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.