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Sawa Mediterranean Cuisine
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 23, 2026
- address3611 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx 10463
- cuisineMediterranean
- phone7187085537
Is Sawa Mediterranean Cuisine clean?
Sawa Mediterranean Cuisine is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 23, 2026. 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 Sawa Mediterranean Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2026, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Sawa Mediterranean Cuisine last inspected?
Sawa Mediterranean Cuisine has 1 inspection on record going back to January 23, 2026, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2026 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Sawa Mediterranean Cuisine vs Spuyten Duyvil-Kingsbridge
Spuyten Duyvil-Kingsbridge runs 83% clean across 109 tracked restaurants — 85 clean, 11 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 109 spots Cooked tracks in Spuyten Duyvil-Kingsbridge, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.