Punto Rojo

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score14 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2025
• address147-16 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11435
• cuisineSpanish
• phone7186571660

Is Punto Rojo clean?

Punto Rojo is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Punto Rojo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Punto Rojo last inspected?

Punto Rojo has 6 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2022, averaging 30 points.

Punto Rojo vs Jamaica

Jamaica runs 76% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 August 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.