Santa Salsa

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 2, 2025 →
• address234 Starr Street, Brooklyn 11237
• cuisineLatin American
• phone3473652710

Is Santa Salsa clean?

Santa Salsa is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 2, 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 Santa Salsa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold 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.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Santa Salsa last inspected?

Santa Salsa has 3 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2022, averaging 19 points.

Santa Salsa vs Bushwick North

Bushwick North runs 77% clean across 342 tracked restaurants — 226 clean, 17 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 342 spots Cooked tracks in Bushwick North, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 May 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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