Portal Latino

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score8 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 27, 2025 →
• address217 Smith Street, Brooklyn 11201
• cuisineLatin American
• phone7182461416

Is Portal Latino clean?

Portal Latino is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 27, 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 Portal Latino?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Portal Latino last inspected?

Portal Latino has 6 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2022, averaging 33 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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