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 pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence 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.

Tienda Guatemalteca El Quetzalito vs Sunset Park East

Sunset Park East runs 74% clean across 373 tracked restaurants — 245 clean, 35 mid, 49 cooked.

Against the 373 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park East, this one comes out cleaner than 69% of them.

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  cooked · July 3, 2025
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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 July 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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