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Sazon Colombia
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2024
- address89-26 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11372
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7184339025
Is Sazon Colombia clean?
Sazon Colombia is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 18, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Sazon Colombia?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2024, 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 Sazon Colombia last inspected?
Sazon Colombia has 6 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2022, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 13 pts |
| August 25, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 58 pts |
| March 18, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 22, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| January 12, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 5, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 11 pts |
Sazon Colombia vs Elmhurst
Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 290 tracked restaurants — 203 clean, 36 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 290 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 March 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.