Rasta-Pasta And Salads

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score43 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 16, 2025 →
• address1548 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan 10040
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone5512000027

Is Rasta-Pasta And Salads clean?

New York currently lists Rasta-Pasta And Salads as grade pending, following an inspection on October 16, 2025 that scored 43 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Rasta-Pasta And Salads?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Food contact surface, refillable, reusable containers, or equipment improperly constructed, placed or maintained. Unacceptable material used. Culinary sink or other acceptable method not provided for washing food.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Rasta-Pasta And Salads last inspected?

Rasta-Pasta And Salads has 1 inspection on record going back to October 16, 2025, averaging 43 points.

Rasta-Pasta And Salads vs Washington Heights North

Washington Heights North runs 65% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 93 clean, 10 mid, 39 cooked.

Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights North, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

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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 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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