Talvera Cantina

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 1, 2025 →
• address43 Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx 10454
• cuisineMexican
• phone9296075202

Is Talvera Cantina clean?

Talvera Cantina is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 1, 2025. 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 Talvera Cantina?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.

When was Talvera Cantina last inspected?

Talvera Cantina has 3 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2024, averaging 18 points.

Talvera Cantina vs Mott Haven-Port Morris

Mott Haven-Port Morris runs 69% clean across 138 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 11 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 138 spots Cooked tracks in Mott Haven-Port Morris, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 October 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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