Tu Cocina Restaurant

• official resultScore 19
• score19 pts
• inspection typePre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Official wording: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
  code 02BCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Official wording: Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
  code 04HCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Official wording: Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
  code 06ACriticalstatus: Critical

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.