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Ray's Cafe And Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 15, 2025
- address205 City Island Avenue, Bronx 10464
- cuisineSpanish
- phone6465491904
Is Ray's Cafe And Restaurant clean?
Ray's Cafe And Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 15, 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 Ray's Cafe And Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
- 🚿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.
When was Ray's Cafe And Restaurant last inspected?
Ray's Cafe And Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2023, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| July 11, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| April 25, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Ray's Cafe And Restaurant vs Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island
Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island runs 84% clean across 73 tracked restaurants — 57 clean, 3 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 73 spots Cooked tracks in Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, this one comes out cleaner than 69% 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 December 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.