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Rinconcito Familiar Mexican Cuisine
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJanuary 17, 2025
- address4118 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11232
- cuisineMexican
- phone3479873681
Is Rinconcito Familiar Mexican Cuisine clean?
Rinconcito Familiar Mexican Cuisine is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Rinconcito Familiar Mexican Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧊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 Rinconcito Familiar Mexican Cuisine last inspected?
Rinconcito Familiar Mexican Cuisine has 5 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2023, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2026 | — | |
| January 17, 2025 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| September 18, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
| April 3, 2024 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| May 10, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
Rinconcito Familiar Mexican Cuisine vs Sunset Park West
Sunset Park West runs 80% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 162 clean, 7 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park West, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 January 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.