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Rumba Y Sazon
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 26, 2025
- address71-24 Fresh Pond Road, Queens 11385
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9179844918
Is Rumba Y Sazon clean?
Rumba Y Sazon is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 26, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Rumba Y Sazon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Rumba Y Sazon last inspected?
Rumba Y Sazon has 5 inspections on record going back to November 27, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| March 31, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
| November 27, 2024 | Grade C | 29 pts |
| March 6, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| November 27, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 14 pts |
Rumba Y Sazon vs Ridgewood
Ridgewood runs 78% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 201 clean, 30 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Ridgewood, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 June 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.