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Tienda Guatemalteca El Quetzalito
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 18, 2026
- address5507 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9173741522
Is Tienda Guatemalteca El Quetzalito clean?
Tienda Guatemalteca El Quetzalito is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 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 Tienda Guatemalteca El Quetzalito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Tienda Guatemalteca El Quetzalito last inspected?
Tienda Guatemalteca El Quetzalito has 9 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2023, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2026 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| March 3, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| August 30, 2024 | Grade C | 3 pts |
| August 28, 2024 | closed by the city | 16 pts |
| August 23, 2024 | closed by the city | 50 pts |
| March 6, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| April 25, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| April 12, 2023 | Grade C | 53 pts |
| April 3, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 60 pts |
Tienda Guatemalteca El Quetzalito vs Sunset Park East
Sunset Park East runs 73% clean across 361 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 35 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 361 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park East, this one comes out cleaner than 68% 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 July 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.