Sophie's Cuban Cuisine

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score8 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 18, 2026
• address401 East 68 Street, Manhattan 10065
• cuisineLatin American
• phone2124391814

Is Sophie's Cuban Cuisine clean?

Sophie's Cuban Cuisine is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 18, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sophie's Cuban Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.

When was Sophie's Cuban Cuisine last inspected?

Sophie's Cuban Cuisine has 3 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2023, averaging 10 points.

Sophie's Cuban Cuisine vs Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island

Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island runs 80% clean across 316 tracked restaurants — 229 clean, 16 mid, 43 cooked.

Against the 316 spots Cooked tracks in Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, this one comes out cleaner than 78% 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, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.